The element magnesium has significantly fewer protons and neutrons than gold. if you were to use mg in place of au in the rutherford experiment, how would you predict the results from the experiment to change?

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5 November, 21:54

The element magnesium has significantly fewer protons and neutrons than gold. if you were to use mg in place of au in the rutherford experiment, how would you predict the results from the experiment to change?

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Kelton Cline · Answer 1

If you were to use mg in place of au in the rutherford experiment, the change of the result prediction from the experiment is that the Center spot would be smaller and the alpha particle scattering would be reduced.