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Download Solution PDFIn Rutherford's gold foil experiment, thin sheets of gold foil was bombarded with _________ to understand the nuclear model of atom.
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- The Gold Foil Experiment: A very thin sheet of gold foil was bombarded with alpha particles.
- The experiment result of the Bombardment of gold foil with alpha particles showed that a very small part of alpha particles was deflected.
- This experiment showed that the atom consists of a small and dense positively charged interior surrounded by a cloud of negative charge electrons.
Figure (A) The experimental setup for Rutherford's gold foil experiment
Figure (B) Rutherford found that a small percentage of alpha particles were deflected at large angles
EXPLANATION:
- In Rutherford's Gold foil, alpha-particle scattering experiment, Very thin sheets of gold foil were bombarded with fast-moving alpha particles.
- Since alpha particles are positive charge ions, He used them to know the exact position of positive charge inside the atom.
- He found a very small, dense, positively-charged nucleus at its center (bottom).
- So the correct answer is option 1.
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