Rutherford suggested that "an atom’s positive charge must be clustered in a tiny region at its center." This conclusion was drawn from his gold foil experiment, where most positively charged particles (alpha particles) passed through the foil, but a small number were deflected at large angles or bounced back, indicating a dense, positively charged nucleus at the center of the atom.
When most of the positively charged particles aimed at a piece of gold foil passed through it, but a few deflected or bounced back, Rutherford suggested that _____.
electrons have almost no mass
electrons move in specific orbits around the nucleus of an atom
an atom must consist of negative charges scattered throughout a ball of positive charge
an atom’s positive charge must be clustered in a tiny region at its center
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