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What was rutherford's gold foil experiment?

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What is the process of the gold foil experiment? He shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of golden foil, a few of the particles dispersed and deflected at a 90 degree angle rather than passing through it as he had hoped.

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The Gold Foil Experiment was Rutherford's observation that proved the existence of a small, dense center to atoms, which became known as the nucleus. He found that after shooting a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of golden foil, a few of the particles dispersed and deflected at a 90 degree angle rather than passing through it as he had hoped.
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