In the early 1900s, ernest rutherford produced a beam of very small positive particles and directed it at a thin piece of gold foil just a few atoms thick. most of the particles passed through the foil without changing their path; very rarely, a particle was deflected. what conclusions can you draw from this experiment about the structure of an atom?

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Dax Norris

Chemistry

13 October, 23:02

In the early 1900s, ernest rutherford produced a beam of very small positive particles and directed it at a thin piece of gold foil just a few atoms thick. most of the particles passed through the foil without changing their path; very rarely, a particle was deflected. what conclusions can you draw from this experiment about the structure of an atom?

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Nicole Wyatt · Answer 1

1. Most of the atom is empty space.

2. The majority of the mass of the atom is concentrated at its centre, called the nucleus.

3. The nucleus is massive and highly positively charged.