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What did Rutherford observe when he fired alpha partices at pieces of thin metal foil?
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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.
How does Rutherford's model of atoms explain the deflection of alpha particles by gold foils?
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What Rutherford might have observed if he had bombarded copper metal instead of gold with alpha particles?
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What was chadwick experiment called?
James Chadwick shot alpha particles at a Beryllium target. Only the neutrons went through, not the protons. This allowed Chadwick to observe particles with no charge and find their mass. Thus, Chadwick discovered neutrons, and added them to Rutherford's model of the atom.
Why did Rutherford do the gold foil experiment in a evacuated chamber?
Because he bombarded the alpha rays on thin foil of gold and alpha rays can not pass through air or gases.
What did Rutherford observe that suprised him?
Most of the alpha particles shot at the gold foil went straight through the foil
What was the alpha source in Rutherford scattering lab?
As alpha source E. Rutherford used radium.
What are the common radoactive partices that can be blocked by paper?
The Alpha Particle has a very short range and can be blocked with heavy paper shielding.
Who was the scientist who showed that alpha particles are helium nuclei?
The scientist was Ernest Rutherford
What did Rutherford call the region that deflected the alpha particles?
Nucleus.
What is the contribution of ernest Rutherford to radiation?
Alpha, beta and gamma.
Who discover alpha particles?
Ernest Rutherford and Paul Villard discovered alpha particles in the period 1899 to 1900, by classifying radiation into three types, alpha, beta, and gamma. Ernest Rutherford and Thomas Royds subsequently proved, in 1907, that alpha particles were helium ions.
Do the alpha particles in Rutherford's experiment contain electrons?
Alpha particles are helium-4 nuclei; they do not contain electrons.
What did Rutherford's backward deflection of alpha particle give evidence of an atom's?
Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden discovered the atomic nucleus.
Who coined the terms alpha beta gamma ray?
ernest Rutherford is the answer....
Who discovered beta rays?
Ernst Rutherford discovered beta decay. Henri Becquerel discovered that there were emissions somewhat like X-rays originating from uranium. Ernst Rutherford discovered that two different kinds of emissions were coming from the uranium, and he named these alpha and beta. He published a paper on this in 1897.
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.
