What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment give proof of?

Answer 1

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "Rutherford's gold foil experiment" to get these possible sources:

http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/flash/ruther14.swf
http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/timeline//pages/1911.html
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/R/Rutherfords_experiment_and_atomic_model.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger-Marsden_experiment
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In terms of "proof," you might want to read this article:

http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/Prove.Point.htm

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.