Ernest Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment

Ernest Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment

In the previous article, we talked about how J.J. Thompson disproved Dalton's Atomic Theory. In this article, we will discuss the discovery of the nucleus by Rutherford. The beams are reflected and bent due to the nucleus. The beam is an alpha particle beam. credit The Gold Foil experiment was conducted by emitting alpha particle beams towards a gold foil. Most of the alpha particles from the beam passed…