Question

What was Rutherford's atomic model?

Answer 1

(i) That most of the atom was empty space.

Explanation:

(ii) That the atom contained a dense nuclear core, and that this core possessed all of the positive charge of the atom.

(iii) That this nuclear core was approx. `1/100000` the volume of the atom.

See this [old answer.](https://socratic.org/questions/562b4bbd11ef6b336c444c1e)