Ernest Rutherford Did he become famous straightaway?

Answer 1

Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms have a very dense nucleus, which contains protons.

Rutherford eventually coined the terms for some of the most basic principles in the field: alpha, beta, and gamma rays, the proton, the neutron, half-life, and daughter atoms

he found that all known radioactive elements emit two kinds of radiation: positively and negatively charged, or alpha and beta. He showed that every radioactive element decreases in radioactivity over a unique and regular time, or half-life, ultimately becoming stable.

He discovered the atomic nucleus and developed a http://wiki.answers.com/dp13at.htmlelof the atom that was similar to the solar system.

Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly the same consistency throughout, with negatively-charged electrons scattered about in it like raisins in a pudding. As part of an experiment with x-rays in 1909, Rutherford was shooting a beam of alpha particles (or alpha rays, emitted by the radioactive element radium) at a sheet of gold foil only 1/3000 of an inch thick, and tracing the particles' paths. Most of the particles went right through the foil, which would be expected if the atoms in the gold were like a plum pudding. But every now and then, a particle bounced back as though it had hit something solid. After tracing many particles and examining the patterns, Rutherford deduced that the atom must have nearly all its mass, and positive charge, in a central nucleus about 10,000 times smaller than the atom itself. All of the negative charge was held in the electrons, which must orbit the dense nucleus like planets around the sun.

He was the New Zealand physicist who split the atom

From: Bradwell Institute Information

Answer 2

In 1911, he suggested that atoms have their positive charge concentrated in a very small nucleus, and pioneering with the Rutherford model, through his discovery and interpretation of Coulomb scattering in his gold foil experiment. He is widely credited with first splitting the atom in 1917.
He is known for the "Rutherford Model," which says that positive atoms are inside a nucleus. He split and atom and studied nuclear physics, which has advanced the science world (hence the reason he is famous).
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Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born physicist who lived between 1871-1937. He is considered the father of nuclear physics because of his theories on atomic structure.

Rutherford discovered that protons are concentrated at the center of an atom when he fired alpha particles at a thin metal foil and had them bounce back. He said it was as if "you had fired a 15-inch naval shell at a piece of tissue paper and the shell came right back and hit you".

Rutherford also named and characterized alpha and beta radiation, and showed how an element changes when it experiences radioactive decay.

Rutherford was more famous among his peers for his research in radio-waves. His experiments were the first to investigate "wireless" communication, years before the pioneers in the industry. The room used for his experiments is now a memorial, dedicated to the radio-wave research.

Answer 3

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