Question

What did Ernest Rutherford’s gold foil experiment demonstrate about an atom?

Answer 1

Answer:

He made an attempt to explain the structure of atom .

Explanation:

The gold foil experiment was conducted by Rutherford in order to know the structure of atom .

He passed alpha rays (helium nuclei ) through gold foil and observed the following facts and made the following conclusions .

The observations are :

• Most of the rays passed straight .
• Some rays were deflected by small and large angles .
• Some rays rebound back.

Conclusions :

• Most of the space in atom is empty .
• There is something in center of an atom called as nucleus .
• Nucleus is positively charged .