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Q: Which type of particles did Rutherford fire at gold foil?
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Who discovered the nucleus using his gold foil?

Rutherford by bombarding gold foil with positively charged particles and noting that some particles were widely deflected.


In Rutherford's gold foil experiment what particles were fired at a thin piece of gold?

I believe they are called the Alpha particles and yes, they did pass through a sheet of gold foil.


Would particles pass straight through gold foil?

never heard of Rutherford famous gold foil experiment?


In Rutherford's gold foil experiment particles in dense atomic nuclei caused some alpha particles to bounce straight back from the gold foil.?

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Who discovered the nucleus using his gold foil experiment?

Rutherford by bombarding gold foil with positively charged particles and noting that some particles were widely deflected.


What was the fate of the vast majority of alpha particles in rutherford's gold-foil experiment?

They traveled through the empty spaces of the gold foil.


Who conducted the gold foil experiment to discover the nucleaus?

Ernest Rutherford was responsible for the Gold Foil experiment. A great portion of Ernest Rutherford's research included the study of alpha particles.


What did Rutherford observe that suprised him?

Most of the alpha particles shot at the gold foil went straight through the foil


What did Rutherford observed that surprise him?

Most of the alpha particles shot at the gold foil went straight through the foil.


The kind of particle Rutherford used to shoot through 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.


In Rutherford's gold experiment particles in dense atomic nuclei caused some alpha particles to bounce straight back from the gold foil?

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Which of the following provided evidence that most of the mass of the atom as well as all of the positive charge is concentrated in a very small core the nucleus?

The scattering of alpha particles by a metal foil.