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What did Ernest Rutherford’s gold foil experiment demonstrate about an atom?
Each atom is composed of electrons and positive material.
The mass of the atom is evenly spread throughout the atom.
Neutrons are located in the center of the atom.
Positive charge occupies a very small volume in the atom.
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Positive charge occupies a very small volume in the atom.
Rutherford's alpha‑scattering experiment showed most alpha particles passed through gold foil (atoms mostly empty space), but some were strongly deflected or bounced back, implying a tiny, dense, positively charged nucleus containing most of the atom's mass.
Rutherford's alpha‑scattering experiment showed most alpha particles passed through gold foil (atoms mostly empty space), but some were strongly deflected or bounced back, implying a tiny, dense, positively charged nucleus containing most of the atom's mass.
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