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Any one of U have the dot point on Rutherford's experiment that led to his model of atom???
Is that the one with scattering Alpha particle and he showed that a thin sheet of mica deflect the alpha ray?:confused:
 

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it was a thin sheet of gold, most alpha particles passed through, 1 in 10000 however were deflected by over 90 degrees
 

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Oui, as a result of the experiment the guy decided that the atom must be made up of a dense +ve nucleus (hense the deflections) and also is surrounded by electrons, which is y most alpha particles passed through.
 

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