HANTARO nAGAOKA

EDUCATION

• Researched under British physicist C. G. Knot
• Universities of Berlin, Munich, and Vienna.

HIS MODEL

• Called a Saturnian model
• Electrons orbit nucleus like saturn's rings.
• Extremely advanced model for its time.

Nagaoka's Model was criticized for the electrons orbiting the nucleus, scientists said the electrons would lose energy and eventually collide with the nucleus. This could not be tested during the time.

HIS MODEL

• The whole nucleus had a positive charge.
• The electrons had a negative charge.

Untitled Slide

Nagaoka' model was competing with the plum pudding model, scientists either supported nagaoka's or the plum pudding model.

CITATIONS

• Encyclopedia.com
• Japanese-greatest.com
• Haiku deck ~ the pictures