Question

Describe the 1911 Geiger and Marsden Alpha Scattering Experiment.​

Answer 1

In 1911, Rutherford and coworkers Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden initiated a series of groundbreaking experiments that would completely change the accepted model of the atom. They bombarded very thin sheets of gold foil with fast moving alpha particles.

Answer 2

The Geiger–Marsden tests (also known as the Rutherford gold foil experiment) were a set of groundbreaking experiments that demonstrated that every atom has a nucleus that contains all of its positive charge and most of its mass.