What were the drawbacks of Rutherford's model of an atom?

  • A
    It could not explain the stability of the atom.
  • B
    It suggested that electrons revolve in fixed orbits.
  • C
    It failed to explain the existence of the nucleus.
  • D
    It proposed that atoms are neutral.

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