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Which statement best summarizer the importance of ernest rutherford's gold foil experiment

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Atoms are composed mainly of empty space.

Electrons are contained in the nucleus of an atom.

The nucleus of an atom contains almost all the mass of the atom.

The nucleus of an atom is positively charged.

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Hello! Rutherford’s gold foil experiment was actually really cool. While he put a beam of alpha particles into a sheet of gold foil, a few of those particles were easily deflected. He soon discovered that the reason those particles being deflected was because a little tiny nucleus. He was the one who found out the nuclear theory of an atom. I hope this was one of your answers. If not, feel free to message me and tell me your options. I’ll help you as much as I can. Have a great day! :)
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