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What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell scientist about atomic structure?
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∙ 7y ago
The correct answer should be a he told them that there can be other elements that would be in the world.
Lincoln Wolf
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∙ 12y agoYes , Rutherford's gold foil experiment was about the atomic structure. He bombarded 8000 alpha particles on the gold foil and the source of alpha particle was POLONIUM (an element in periodic table). After bombarding rays, he observed that most of the rays passed without deflecting, and few rays deflected backward. By this , he concluded that most part of the atom is empty. That empty part is also called extra nuclear part or energy levels, shells or orbit . Nucleus lies in the centre of the atom which carries positive charge. It was his assumption which was right. Because two like charges always repel each other. since alpha particles carries positive charge and it can repeled by only positive charge.
Electrons revolve in extra nuclear part.One thing that was wrong about Rutherford experiment was his assumption that eletron while revolving in the extra nuclear part continuously radiate energy.
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How did Rutherfords gold foil experiment tell scientists about the atomic structure?
That atoms have a positively charged nucleus.
How was Thomsons atomic theory different from Rutherfords atomic theory?
According to Thomson's atomic theory, the mass of an atom was special evenly throughout its volume. Errest Rutherford's experiment proved this wrong.
Rutherfords gold foil experiment showed that the atomic nucleus is?
very small relative to size of whole atomextremely densehighly positively charged
What experiment was uses to develop the atomic structure?
Probable you think to the Rutherford experiment.
What contribution to atomic theory was made by Geiger and Marsden in their gold foil experiment?
was wandering the smae thing but i think they just developed rutherfords theory by doing the gold foil experiment in depth
In Rutherfords gold foil experiment particles in dense atomic nuclei caused some alpha particles to bounce straight back from the gold foil.?
positive
What caused deflection in rutherfords gold foil experiment?
The positively charged nucleus caused deflection. Positive charge is because of protons inside nucleus.
What was the significance of Rutherfords work?
Ernest Rutherford's famous "gold foil" experiment changed the way we though of atomic structure. His demonstration proved that atoms have a small, dense nucleus which contains protons and neutrons. The electrons were shown to be outside the nucleus. Prior to this, we thought atoms had a consistent structure throughout, like soup or pudding.
What is the rutherfords atomic model?
Because Joel is the man
How did Neils Bohr revise Rutherfords atomic model?
no
Based on the data gathered in the Rutherfords scattering experiments the concept of atomic structure was modified Which of the following aspects of the structure of the atom were validated by these?
-The nuclear density being large -most of the atomic volume being empty space -the charge on the nucleus being positive -the existence of the atomic nucleus
What was the name of the scientist that first postulated the theory of atomic structure?
John Dalton.. :))
