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Which models of the atom include a structure that is mostly made of empty space?

Select one or more:
a. Bohr
b. Rutherford
c. Quantum mechanical
d. Thomson

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Thomson proposed this idea. Rutherford disproved it when he shot alpha particles at a gold sheet and they bounced back at him, proving that the alpha particles bounced off something aka the nucleus.

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