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On the basis of Thomson's model of an atom explain how the atom is neutral as a whole.

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In 1899 , Thomson proposed that :
(i) An atom consists of a positively charged sphere and the electrons are embedded in it .
(ii) The negative and positive charges balance each other and so that atom as a whole is neutral .
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