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The alpha particle scattering experiment by Ernest Rutherford (1911) demonstrates that more than 99.9% of an atom contains empty space.

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Q: What experiments demonstrated that atoms are mostly empty space?
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Conducted experiments that indicated that atoms largely consist of empty space?

Lord Rutherford


What discovery demostrated that atoms are mostly empty space?

bohr


Transfer of thermal energy through atoms contacting other atoms?

Not likely. Atoms are mostly empty space.


what did Rutherford conclude about the location of positive charge in atoms?

Ernest Rutherford mostly believed in that it was mostly empty space with positively charged atoms.


Who discovered that atoms were mostly empty space?

Rutherford, with his gold foil experiment.


What statement does not describe the current model of the atom?

atoms are mostly empty space


What did rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate?

It demonstrated that there is positively charged nucleus and the atom is mostly empty spaced.


Are gold atoms composed of mostly matter or empty space?

All atoms are mostly empty space, as the electromagnetic repulsion between atomic nuclei keep them from reaching each other (except under extreme pressure, as in the center of stars).


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.


How did Ernest Rutherford know that atoms was mostly empty space?

> because he is smart lol TROLL


What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell about atoms?

that the atom mostly consisted of empty space.