Combined Science GCSE
Charge distribution
What Charge distribution means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Charge distribution
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In the plum pudding model positive charge is spread throughout, whereas in the nuclear model it is concentrated in a very small central nucleus.
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Related terms
- Atomic models
- Atomic structure
- Charge and repulsion
- Concentration of mass and charge in the nucleus
- Dalton's atomic theory
- Development of scientific models over time
- Development of the atomic model
- electron
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