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Why is Rutherford's experiment called the gold foil experiment?
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In the experiment, Rutherford found the nucleus using gold foil.
because he used a thin sheet of gold foil.
Because he used a gold foil (the only metal that can be hammered into a 1 atom thick foil without tearing) in an attempt to scatter alpha particles.
The unexpected result that instead of all of the alpha particles scattering through small forward angles, a few bounced almost directly back to the source. This made the Thompson "plum pudding" model of the atom unworkable and suggested that each atom had a tiny "infinitely hard" kernel somewhere inside it. Rutherford named this kernel the nucleus.
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∙ 7y agoBecause a gold foil was used in this experiment.
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In Rutherfords gold foil experiment particles in dense atomic nuclei caused some alpha particles to bounce straight back from the gold foil.?
positive
What did Rutherfords gold foil experiment help him conclude?
That the mass of an atom is mostly located in a small nucleus.
What did ernest rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate about atoms?
The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.
What experiment convinced Ernest Rutherford that the atom has a small positivity charged nucleus?
th gold foil experiment
Why was gold the chosen target for rutherfords experiment?
I assume that is because gold can be formed into an extremely thin sheet.
What materials are needed for rutherfords gold foil experiment?
gold foil.
Was Rutherfords theory tested and published?
yes it was tested by the gold foil experiment
What was rutherfords experiment?
he shot tiny alpha particles throug a piece of gold foil. -Apex
What was ernest rutherfords's experiment?
he shot tiny alpha particles throug a piece of gold foil.
What contribution to atomic theory was made by Geiger and Marsden in their gold foil experiment?
was wandering the smae thing but i think they just developed rutherfords theory by doing the gold foil experiment in depth
In Rutherfords gold foil experiment particles in dense atomic nuclei caused some alpha particles to bounce straight back from the gold foil.?
positive
What did Rutherfords gold foil experiment help him conclude?
That the mass of an atom is mostly located in a small nucleus.
How did Rutherfords gold foil experiment tell scientists about the atomic structure?
That atoms have a positively charged nucleus.
What did rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate?
It demonstrated that there is positively charged nucleus and the atom is mostly empty spaced.
What did Ernest Rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate about an atom?
The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.
What did ernest rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate about atoms?
The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.
Which statement is supported by the results of rutherfords gold foil experiment?
There is a dense, positively charged mass in the center of an atom.
