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It told them that the atom was mostly empty space.

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Q: What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell them about the atom?
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What did Ernest Rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate about an atom?

The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.


What materials are needed for rutherfords gold foil experiment?

gold foil.


What did Rutherfords gold foil experiment help him conclude?

That the mass of an atom is mostly located in a small nucleus.


What did rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate?

It demonstrated that there is positively charged nucleus and the atom is mostly empty spaced.


What did ernest rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate about atoms?

The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.


Which statement is supported by the results of rutherfords gold foil experiment?

There is a dense, positively charged mass in the center of an atom.


Was Rutherfords theory tested and published?

yes it was tested by the gold foil experiment


What did rutherfords gold foil tell about the atom?

That the atom Mostly consisted of empty space.- apex


How did Rutherfords work help form the presentday model of the atom?

His experiment with the gold foil and the beam of positively charged particles proved that the nucleus of the atom is not solid. The beam past through the foil and bounced back. Rutherford's experiment contradicted Thomson's theory that an atom is solid.


What was rutherfords experiment?

he shot tiny alpha particles throug a piece of gold foil. -Apex


What was ernest rutherfords's experiment?

he shot tiny alpha particles throug a piece of gold foil.


In Rutherfords gold foil experiment some of the aimed at gold atoms bounced back suggesting that a solid mass was at the center of the atom?

In Rutherford's gold foil experiment, some of the Alpha particles aimed at gold atoms bounced back, suggesting that a solid mass was at the center of the atom.They suggested that most of the mass of the atom is concentrated at the center and the center is positively charged.