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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (July, 2017) \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} % colors \definecolor{mylightred}{RGB}{255,210,210} \definecolor{myred}{RGB}{200,100,100} \definecolor{mydarkred}{RGB}{140,40,40} \definecolor{mylightblue}{RGB}{220,228,255} \definecolor{myblue}{RGB}{183,191,229} \definecolor{mydarkblue}{RGB}{50,70,190} % split figures into pages \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture} \setlength\PreviewBorder{1pt}% \begin{document} % RUTHERFORD MODEL - atom model with central charge \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1] \coordinate (O) at (0,0); \draw[mylightred,fill] (O) circle (50pt); \draw[mydarkred,thick] (O) circle (50pt) node[above right=34pt] {$-Ze$}; \fill[radius=2.0pt,mydarkblue] (O) circle node[above=2pt] {$+Ze$}; \end{tikzpicture} % RUTHERFORD MODEL - atom model with central charge and corpuscles \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1] \coordinate (O) at (0,0); \draw[myred,dashed] (O) circle (50pt); \fill[radius=2.0pt,mydarkblue] (O) circle node[above=2pt] {$+Ze$}; \fill[radius=0.8pt,mydarkred] ( 0.20, 1.20) circle node[above right=-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.68, 0.67) circle node[above right=-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 1.05,-1.10) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.75,-0.12) circle node[ right= 2pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.21,-1.30) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.80, 0.60) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.50, 1.21) circle node[above right=-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.08,-0.55) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.58,-0.95) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-1.10,-0.20) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$}; \end{tikzpicture} % THOMSON MODEL - atom model with corpuscles (electrons) in uniformly, positively charged sphere \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1] \coordinate (O) at (0,0); \draw[mylightblue,fill] (O) circle (50pt); \draw[mydarkblue,thick] (O) circle (50pt) node[above right=34pt] {$+Ze$}; \fill[radius=0.8pt,mydarkred] ( 0.20, 1.20) circle node[above right=-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.10, 0.30) circle node[above right=-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.68, 0.67) circle node[above right=-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 1.05,-1.10) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.75,-0.12) circle node[ right= 2pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.21,-1.30) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} ( 0.18,-0.55) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.80, 0.60) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.50, 1.21) circle node[above right=-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.40, 0.05) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-0.58,-0.95) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$} (-1.10,-0.20) circle node[above left =-1pt,scale=0.75] {$-e$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}