Imagine that you were a scientist performing the alpha particle scattering experiment You used radio active Radium as the - Science - Atoms and Molecules

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Imagine that you were a scientist performing the alpha particle
scattering experiment You used radio active Radium as the source
of? alpha particles The diagram given below shows the observational
representation of the experiment you performed
a ? ? ? Infer the observations you would make from the above
diagram
b ? ? ? Predict the outcomes of these observations

Suruchi Dipak Kalode · Accepted Answer

Dear student, It is Rutherford's experiment Observation: Most alpha
particles were undeflected and passedstraight through the gold foil
Some were deflected through small angles A very small number were
turned back through angles greater than 90 degrre Prediction from
the observation: The atom is mostly empty space, but there is a
solid centre, which has a positive charge We now know that the
radius of a nucleus is about 10-15m, while the radius of an atom is
about 10-10m The electrons orbit the nucleus Regards,