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Rutherford, geiger, and marsden’s experiment demonstrated that the volume of the nucleus is roughly what fraction of the volume occupied by the electrons?

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Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden's experiment proved that every atom has a nucleus and that this nucleus is of positive charge and contains the most of the mass of the atom. 0.005% of the volume occupied by the electrons is the volume of the nucleus.
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