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Ernest Rutherford was born on August 30, 1871.

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What did Ernest Rutherfords gold foil experiment demonstrate about an atom?

Ernest Rutherford's gold foil experiment demonstrated that atoms have a small, dense nucleus at their center that contains positively charged protons. This nucleus is surrounded by mostly empty space where negatively charged electrons are found orbiting. This experiment led to the development of the nuclear model of the atom.


What conclusion about the atom came from Ernest Rutherfords famous gold foil experiment?

The conclusions were that the nucleus in an atom must:- (1) Be positive as it repelled the positive alpha-particles (2) Have a high mass, as the deflections were massive (3) Be very small as only a few of the particles were deflected


Did Ernest Rutherfords results fit with J.J Thomsons view of the atom?

Thomsons model is sometimes called the plum pudding model as he envisaged a soup of positive charge with negative charges, by then already called electrons swimming round. He came up with this idea in 1904."the atoms of the elements consist of a number of negatively electrified corpuscles enclosed in a sphere of uniform positive electrification"Rutherford following on from the famous scattering experiment with gold foil and alpha particles proposed that the positive charge was concentrated in a central nucleus.


Why is Ernest Rutherford's nickname lord Rutherford?

why was Ernest Rutherford's nickname lord Rutherford


What is the name of the scientists who first proposed that atoms have a nucleus?

Ernest Rutherford, following the "gold foil" experiment.