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Why did Rutherford infer that most of the mass and all the positive charge in the atom is in a tiny nucleus?
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He decided upon this conclusion because when he put a thin sheet of foil and got some atomic bullets and fired them at it, most of the bullets just went straight through because there was nothing stopping them. but a few were deflected and so he decided that the bits where the bullets were deflected must hold all the mass of the Atom.
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What did Rutherford infer as a result of his observations?
Rutherford Discovered Many key factors of the atom. Especially about Protons and Electrons. He Did Not Know about neutrons. He Concluded That The atoms electron cloud was positive and electron floated around it like chocolate chips in a cookie.
What can you infer about an ion that has a positive charge?
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What can you infer from a chemical equation .?
You can infer what happened in the chemical reaction that the equation represents.
What change of state can you infer when you observe that the water level in a pan is lower after the boiling of water?
you can infer that evaporation has occurred
What type of compound can you infer oil is?
None
What did Rutherford infer as a result of his observations?
Rutherford Discovered Many key factors of the atom. Especially about Protons and Electrons. He Did Not Know about neutrons. He Concluded That The atoms electron cloud was positive and electron floated around it like chocolate chips in a cookie.
What can you infer about an ion that has a positive charge?
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What can you infer about ion that has a positive charge?
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What can you infer about ion that has an positive charge?
This ion is derived from atom who lost one electron.
How did Rutherford infer that the nucleus was very small?
In conclusion... Rutherford's experiment involved a radioactive source emitting alpha particles (2 protons and 2 neutrons). The radioactive source was aimed at a thin sheet of gold. The main observation made was that a few alpha particles were repelled back the way they had come, and this was not expected. This was because the positively charged alpha particles (2 protons), by the laws of electrostatic repulsion, were repelled by the positively charged nucleus of the atoms in the gold. He then made the final conclusion of that the small nucleus of an atom is central, has a large mass and positive charge. So yes, the nucleus is small compared to the size of an atom, however it was mainly the fact that there is one concentration of positive charge (nucleus) in the atom that repelled the alpha particles that helped Rutherford to show the structure of an atom.
What can you infer about a high molecular weight protein that cannot be transported into the nucleus?
NLS
What can you infer about large molecular-weight proteins that cannot be transported into the nucleus?
It requires a signal device in order to pass through.
What is another word for interpretive?
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The reader can infer from article that?
The reader can infer from the article by looking at various elements.
What does infer mean in math?
infer means to guess
What can you infer about the planet season?
It depends what information you have as to what you can infer.
What is a short sentence for infer?
From the look on his face, I can infer that he is upset
