Rutherford Scattering Experiment Flashcards
1
Q
Rutherford’s gold foil scattering indicated that
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Positive charges are concentrated in a very small core at the atom’s centre
2
Q
All most all of the mass of an atom is found in what part
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The nucleus
3
Q
What particle was used in the experiment
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Alpha particle
4
Q
All atoms consist of mostly empty space
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True
5
Q
Most of the alpha particles went straight through the gold foil. This suggested that
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Most of the atom was made up of empty space
6
Q
Some of the alpha particles fired at the gold foil were deflected at angles. This was due to…
A
Repulsion forces between the positively charged nucleus and the positively charged alpha particles
