Question

What did Rutherford's gold foil show about the structure of an atom?

Answer 1

Rutherford's gold foil experiments (he also used other metal foils) showed that the atom is mostly empty space with a comparatively tiny, massive, positively charged nucleus in the center.

Explanation:

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