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What do you think would be the observation if the ? -particle scattering experiment is carried out using a foil of a metal other than gold?

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Gold was chosen for particle scattering experiment as it is highly malleable( can be beaten into thin sheets) and ductile( can be drawn into thin wires). Atoms and molecules are much much tinier than sand grains. And gold was beaten into sheet width approximately 1-3 atoms size so that when tiny particles...
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Gold was chosen for particle scattering experiment as it is highly malleable( can be beaten into thin sheets) and ductile( can be drawn into thin wires). Atoms and molecules are much much tinier than sand grains. And gold was beaten into sheet width approximately 1-3 atoms size so that when tiny particles scatter, it could be observed. There are no other known metals of such malleability at that time.

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Gold was chosen for particle scattering experiment as it is highly malleable( can be beaten into thin sheets) and ductile( can be drawn into thin wires). Atoms and molecules are much much tinier than sand grains. And gold was beaten into sheet width approximately 1-3 atoms size so that when tiny particles...
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Gold was chosen for particle scattering experiment as it is highly malleable( can be beaten into thin sheets) and ductile( can be drawn into thin wires). Atoms and molecules are much much tinier than sand grains. And gold was beaten into sheet width approximately 1-3 atoms size so that when tiny particles scatter, it could be observed. There are no other known metals of such malleability at that time. read less
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A major fraction of the alpha particles bombarded towards the gold foil through it without any deflections and hence most space in atom is empty some a-particles deflects a little so +ve charge is not uniformly distributed it is in a small volume very few are deflected back and even fewer particles...
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A major fraction of the alpha particles bombarded towards the gold foil through it without any deflections and hence most space in atom is empty some a-particles deflects a little so +ve charge is not uniformly distributed it is in a small volume very few are deflected back and even fewer particles have 180 degree deflection so +vely charged particles in an atom is very small in volume in an atom read less
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A major fraction of the alpha particles bombarded towards the gold foil through it without any deflections and hence most space in atom is empty some a-particles deflects a little so +ve charge is not uniformly distributed it is in a small volume very few are deflected back and even fewer particles...
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A major fraction of the alpha particles bombarded towards the gold foil through it without any deflections and hence most space in atom is empty some a-particles deflects a little so +ve charge is not uniformly distributed it is in a small volume very few are deflected back and even fewer particles have 180 degree deflection so +vely charged particles in an atom is very small in volume in an atom read less
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Gold is more electropositive not others so other metals will not give accurate results
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