Atomic model, in physics, a model used to describe the structure and makeup of an atom. Atomic models have gone through many changes over time. The 4 common atomic models are: Dalton's Model of the Atom, J.J Thomson's Model of Atom, Rutherford's Atomic Model, and Neil Bohr's Atomic Theory.
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