Question

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?

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.