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== == The man who discovered that an atom is mostly empty space would be Rutherford.

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Rutherford and his gold foil experiment in which he shot alpha particles at an atom.

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Q: Who first came up with the idea that the atom is mostly empty space?
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What was the significance of Rutherford's experiment?

he discovered the atom was mostly made up of empty space


What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell about the atom?

That the atom Mostly consisted of empty space.- apex


What was significance of rutherfords experiment?

He discovered that the atom was mostly made up of empty space.


What is the inside of atom mostly made of?

Empty space


Is an atom mostly filled with matter?

no it's mostly filled with empty space.


What did gold foil experiment tell about the atom?

that the atom mostly consisted of empty space


The reason a granite block is mostly empty space is that the atoms in the granite are?

Yes, this is essentially true. Well over 99.9% of the mass of any atom is in the nucleus. The electrons in their orbitals around that nucleus actually determine the spacial volume that the atom occupies. And on an atomic scale, the distance from the nucleus to the outer boundaries of the electron cloud is enormous. The atom is mostly empty space, and, therefore, anything made up of atoms is mostly empty space.


Rutherford concluded from his calculations that the volume of an atom is?

its mostly empty space


Where is the mass of a atom?

in the nucleus :D the rest is mostly empty space


Discovered the nucleus and that atom was composed of mostly empty space?

Rutherford


What did rutherfords gold foil tell about the atom?

That the atom Mostly consisted of empty space.- apex


What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell them about the atom?

It told them that the atom was mostly empty space.