Deflection of alpha particles
He discovered that an atom has a very dense and very tiny positively charged nucleus. He named the positively charged particles protons.
ernest Rutherford
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.
1) Atoms were mostly empty space (because most alpha particles went straight through the gold foil) 2) Atoms had a dense nucleus (because few alpha particles bounced straight back from the atoms) 3) The nucleus of atoms were positively charged (some alpha particles were deflected at large angles)
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.
In 1920, Rutherford gave the name proton to the positively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom.
because few particles bounced back
protons
the nucleus is positively charged because it bounces right off of the gold foil
Ernest Rutherford in 1919.
Proton
Proton
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.
He discovered that an atom has a very dense and very tiny positively charged nucleus. He named the positively charged particles protons.
ernest Rutherford
basically, Rutherford shot postively charged particles at a thin sheet of gold foil. most of the particles passed straight through, but some bounced off at sharp angles. This implies that most of the atom is empy space (which is why most of the particles go straight throught) , but there is a positively charged nucleus at the center (which repels the postively charged particles, so if a particle hits the nucleus, it bounces off )
Rutherford's Theory was that atom is mostly empty space, thus explaining the lack of deflection of most of the alpha particles, when he tested out the Gold-Foil Experiment. Rutherford predicted that all the alpha particles would go through the gold foil, however, when tested, some of the alpha particles reflected back, bounced off the gold foil at very large angles.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.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.