I assume that is because gold can be formed into an extremely thin sheet.
That the mass of an atom is mostly located in a small nucleus.
The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.
positive
Bombard sheets of gold
th gold foil experiment
gold foil.
yes it was tested by the gold foil experiment
he shot tiny alpha particles throug a piece of gold foil.
he shot tiny alpha particles throug a piece of gold foil. -Apex
That the mass of an atom is mostly located in a small nucleus.
That atoms have a positively charged nucleus.
The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.
It demonstrated that there is positively charged nucleus and the atom is mostly empty spaced.
The conclusion was that an atom has a nucleus (center) with a positive charge.
was wandering the smae thing but i think they just developed rutherfords theory by doing the gold foil experiment in depth
positive
There is a dense, positively charged mass in the center of an atom.