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Why did some alpha particles bounce off the gold foil?
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Why did some alpha particles bounce off the gold foil?

Why did some alpha particles bounce off the gold foil?-example-1
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Because alpha particles are positive charged. And they bounce back because of the electromagnetic force between them and the gold foils protons.
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