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What is the Rutherford gold foil experiment?
In 1911, Ernest Rutherford conducted an experiment that proved that the mass of an atom is concentrated in the center (nucleus) of an atom. It also proved that an atom is mostly empty space.
In his experiment, he emitted positively-charged particles at a piece of gold foil. Many of the particles went straight through, some were deflected, and some were reflected.
In his experiment, he emitted positively-charged particles at a piece of gold foil. Many of the particles went straight through, some were deflected, and some were reflected.
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Why gold foil is used in Rutherford experiment?
1. It is used because gold was known to be a very inert element..
2. The use of gold had nothing to do with its reactivity, any more than the experiment had any connection …to chemistry. Rutherford wanted to fire alpha particles through the foil. Alpha particles are not very penetrating; a sheet of notepaper will stop most of them. To achieve a reasonable percentage of penetration the foil needed to be really thin. .
Gold is highly malleable; gold leaf can be made in thicknesses around 100 nm or 4 micro-inch. It was the best material for the job.
What did rutherfords experiment with gold foil establish?
He established that atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons. Well sir, i was just wondering the same thing. I have to do a worksheet and answer it, not so luck…y for me, this was one of my big questions. If anybody would like to answer this really soon, that would be oh so very helpful. Thank you, and have a nice day..
^That is no answer, just a sorry excuse The gold foil experiment proved that the atom is mostly empty space with a small, dense nucleus. True answer by Justin Wilkes
In what year did Rutherford do the gold foil experiment?
The Geiger-Marsden experiment, which is also called the gold foil experiment or the Rutherford experiment, was conducted by Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in 1909 , under Ear…nest Rutherford's direction. You need a link to the Wikipedia post on this ground-breaking experiment, and we've got one for you.
What did rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate?
It demonstrated that there is positively charged nucleus and the atom is mostly empty spaced.
Were there problems with Rutherford gold foil experiment?
yes there were problems withn rutherford's model but i dont know the problem
What did Rutherfords gold foil experiment of 1909 achieve?
It proved that the atom is almost totally empty space with a small dense nucleus in the center.
Why Rutherford taken gold foil for his experiment?
due to its large atomic number
Who is Rutherford and the gold foil experiment?
Rutherford was a scientist who shot alpha particles through a very thin sheet of gold foil. The results of this experiment are the following: -Almost all alpha particles passe…d right through the Gold foil -A few alpha particlas were deflected and repelled .....These conclusions show that the majority of the atom of gold is empty space except for a small, positively charged nucleus. This nucleus is the reason why some alpha particlas were deflected(Alpha particles have a positive charge, which is repelled by a positive nucleus).
What did gold foil experiment enable Rutherford to conclude?
It allowed him to conclude that an atom is mostly empty space with a nucleus
What Rutherford discover in his gold foil experiment?
protons are located in the nucleus of an atom
What are the main ideas of e Rutherford gold foil experiment?
basically, Rutherford shot postively charged particles at a thin sheet of gold foil. most of the particles passed straight through, but some bounced off at sharp angles. This …implies that most of the atom is empy space (which is why most of the particles go straight throught) , but there is a positively charged nucleus at the center (which repels the postively charged particles, so if a particle hits the nucleus, it bounces off )
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Rutherfords gold foil experiment showed that the atomic nucleus is?
very small relative to size of whole atom .
extremely dense .
highly positively charged
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What is the observation and reason of Rutherford gold foil experiments?
to see what gold foil looks like in rutherford nj, or in rutherford b hayes beard
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What did Rutherford discover after his experiment with gold foil?
He discovered that some alpha particles were deflected by atoms. From this he concluded that the popular "plum pudding" model of an atom, where people thought that an atom was… a positive particle filled with smaller negative particles, was wrong. Instead he created the atomic model which has a nucleus (neutrons and protons) surrounded by much smaller electrons.
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What did Rutherford learn about the structure of atoms from the gold foil experiment?
Rutherford proved that atoms: a. are mostly empty space; b. have a small, dense, positively charged nucleus; c. electrons are negatively charged, and far from the nucleus.
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What did rutherfords gold-foil experiment tell about the atom?
That the atom Mostly consisted of empty space.- apex