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The scattering experiment of E. Rutherford and his team lead to the disvovery of the proton and to a new atomic model. Alpha particles colliding an atom are scattered by the positive atomic nucleus containing protons.
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Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden observed that a beam of alpha particles is deflected on a gold foil. They concluded that this effect is due to a positive entity in the atom. And they discovered the atomic nucleus, separate from electrons and the model of Thomson become obsolete.
Rutherford was expecting the result to be what JJ Thomson had predicted. That the Alpha Particles just pass through the gold foil, not rebound, like the result. JJ Thomson thought of this result because of his plum pudding model.
Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus and the proton. A short answer for the Rutherford atomic model: the atom is composed from a central part - a nucleus, positively charged, surrounded by electrons - very small negative charged particles.
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E. Rutherford developed his atomic model due to the results of his gold foil experiment. His atomic model describes a small central, dense core and a surrounding volume of charged particles.
The scattering experiment of E. Rutherford and his team lead to the disvovery of the proton and to a new atomic model. Alpha particles colliding an atom are scattered by the positive atomic nucleus containing protons.
Probable you think to the Rutherford experiment.
Rutherford fired alpha particles at a sheet of atoms in order to determine the atomic structure. The alpha particle is positively charged. Those particles that bounce straight back are the ones that hit the nucleus of the atom and were repelled by the nucleus's positive charge.
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Rutherford oversaw the gold foil experiment. This experiment showed that the atom is mostly empty space and that most of its mass is concentrated in a tiny central core called the atomic nucleus.
According to Thomson's atomic theory, the mass of an atom was special evenly throughout its volume. Errest Rutherford's experiment proved this wrong.
His model suggested that most of the mass of the atom was contained in the small nucleus, and that the rest of the atom was mostly empty space. Rutherford came to this conclusion following the results of his famous gold foil experiment. This experiment involved the firing of radioactive particles through minutely thin metal foils (notably gold) and detecting those using screens coated with zinc sulfide (a scintillator). Rutherford found that although the vast majority of particles passed straight through the foil approximately 1 in 8000 were deflected leading him to his theory that most of the atom was made up of 'empty space'.
Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden observed that a beam of alpha particles is deflected on a gold foil. They concluded that this effect is due to a positive entity in the atom. And they discovered the atomic nucleus, separate from electrons and the model of Thomson become obsolete.
Rutherford was expecting the result to be what JJ Thomson had predicted. That the Alpha Particles just pass through the gold foil, not rebound, like the result. JJ Thomson thought of this result because of his plum pudding model.