How did Rutherford's gold foil experiment change the model of the atom?

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anor277
Jul 25, 2018

Well, all metals are "MALLEABLE"MALLEABLE....and gold is especially malleable amongst metals.

Explanation:

….meaning it can be beaten into a sheet only a few atoms thick (as it was in this experiment). And the thinness of the gold film is the defining feature of this experiment.

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

And this [this one.](https://socratic.org/questions/57dadd2c11ef6b0ae85ecf5d)

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