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Explain why Rutherford did not mention the present of neutron in the proposed nuclear model of atom?

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In the year 1911, when Rutherford proposed the nuclear model of atom, the existence neutrons was still not known (in fact, neutrons were discovered in 1932). Hence, rutherford did not mention the presence of neutron.
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