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That atoms are mostly empty space and they have a positively charged nucleus.

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What is a drawback to a field experiment?

He was not able to prove the stability of an atom in his gold foil experiment. and he is gay and lesbian type men and randi ka.


Who used the gold foil experiment?

Ernest Rutherford used the gold foil experiment in 1908 .


What materials are needed for rutherfords gold foil experiment?

gold foil.


What wa Rutherford's gold foil experiment?

The gold foil experiment supplanted the plum pudding theory. The gold foil experiment led to the discovery that most of the atoms mass is located in the dense nucleus.


What experiment convinced Ernest Rutherford that the atom has a small positivity charged nucleus?

th gold foil experiment


How did the gold foil experiment prove an atom was mostly empty space?

Only a small percentage of alpha particles shot at the gold foil were deflected proving that except for the nucleus, the atom was mostly empty space.


Which statement is consistent with the results of Rutherford's gold foil experiment?

In Rutherford's gold foil experiment atoms are mostly empty space.


Who used polonium and gold foil in his famous experiment?

Rutherford supervised the experiment in his famous beta particle scatter experiment with gold foil, so he is given credit.


The gold-foil experiment led scientists to conclude that an atom's?

The gold-foil experiment led scientists to conclude that an atom's volume is mainly unoccupied.


What was concluded about the structure of the atom as the result of the gold foil experiment?

As a result of the gold foil experiment, a positively charged nucleus is surrounded by mostly empty space.


What did the rutherford's gold foil experiment show?

The alpha particules went straight threw the gold foil


Which particle was discovered in the gold foil experiment?

The atom.