KnowraPlum pudding modelLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Plum pudding model, each with the reason it gives.All 7Compared with 7Atomic theoryCompared with: Rutherford’s scattering results displaced this model with a compact nucleus.Rutherford scatteringCompared with: Large-angle scattering contradicted the model’s diffuse distribution of positive charge.Rutherford modelCompared with: It is the direct rival picture challenged by the foil-scattering evidence.Hans GeigerCompared with: The observed rare, strong deflections contradicted the model’s prediction of only modest scattering.Geiger–Marsden experimentCompared with: Its diffuse charge could not readily account for the observed large-angle scattering.History of atomic theoryCompared with: Rutherford's scattering results contradicted its prediction that large deflections were rare.Rutherford scattering experimentsCompared with: Diffuse positive charge could not account for the observed large-angle deflections.