Question #b9009
1 Answer
Oct 17, 2016
See this old [answer.](https://socratic.org/questions/why-did-ruther-ford-s-only-choose-the-gold-foil-for-experiment)
Explanation:
Rutherford was surprised by the results of the experiment. He used the comparison of firing an artillery shell at a sheet of tissue paper, and the shell bouncing back to hit you. Note that most of the
