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I believe they are called the Alpha particles and yes, they did pass through a sheet of gold foil.
never heard of Rutherford famous gold foil experiment?
Rutherford by bombarding gold foil with positively charged particles and noting that some particles were widely deflected.
They traveled through the empty spaces of the gold foil.
Rutherford shot high-energy alpha particles (two protons and two neutrons, or a helium nucleus) at the gold foil. A small fraction of these alpha particles bounced back, and that is how Rutherford discovered the nucleus.
Rutherford by bombarding gold foil with positively charged particles and noting that some particles were widely deflected.
I believe they are called the Alpha particles and yes, they did pass through a sheet of gold foil.
never heard of Rutherford famous gold foil experiment?
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Rutherford by bombarding gold foil with positively charged particles and noting that some particles were widely deflected.
They traveled through the empty spaces of the gold foil.
Ernest Rutherford was responsible for the Gold Foil experiment. A great portion of Ernest Rutherford's research included the study of alpha particles.
Most of the alpha particles shot at the gold foil went straight through the foil
Most of the alpha particles shot at the gold foil went straight through the foil.
Rutherford shot high-energy alpha particles (two protons and two neutrons, or a helium nucleus) at the gold foil. A small fraction of these alpha particles bounced back, and that is how Rutherford discovered the nucleus.
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The scattering of alpha particles by a metal foil.