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Describe Rutherford's gold foil experiment and the results of that experiment.

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beta
alpha
aluminum
gold
silver
gamma
Rutherford had shot
particles at an extremely thin
foil target. The majority
particles passed directly through the foil, some particles were slightly deflected and 1
of
in 20,000 bounced back toward the
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Answer:A piece of gold foil was hit with alpha particles, which have a positive charge. Most alpha particles went right through. This showed that the gold atoms were mostly empty space. Some particles had their paths bent at large angles.

Rutherfords gold foil experiment involved sending positively charged alpha particles through a thin sheet of gold foil and defecting if there was any deflection of the particles. He found that most passed straight through yet some particles showed some deflection.

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