Ernest Rutherford lived in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Democritus (460BC - 370BC)
Ernest Rutherford predicted the existence of the neutron, but it was Sir James Chadwick that is credited for the actual discovery of the neutron.
Ernest Rutherford
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 atomshe 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 atomFrom: Bradwell Institute Information
Sir Ernest Rutherford is on the $100 note of NZ!@#$%^&*(
Hannah Rutherford was his mum and Davis Rutherford was his dad
Ernest Rutherford lived in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
he died in cambridge 1937
radioactivity and atomic structure
Democritus (460BC - 370BC)
If you're talking about the experiment with the alpha particles, then it was Hans Gieger and Ernest Marsden.
If you're talking about the experiment with the alpha particles, then it was Hans Gieger and Ernest Marsden.
Ernest Rutherford discovered that the nucleus of an atom has a positive charge and discovered the evidence to show the electron field surrounding the nucleus in an atom.
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Actually Ruthford discovered the Nucleus
He identified the alpha particle as a helium atom and used it in postulating the existence of the atomic nucleus.