What happened to most of the alpha particles used in the gold foil experiment?
1 Answer
Sep 28, 2016
Most of the
Explanation:
See this [old answer.](https://socratic.org/questions/why-did-ruther-ford-s-only-choose-the-gold-foil-for-experiment) The malleability of gold is the key; gold may be hammered out to a thinness of only a few atoms thick to give a film, which I think is phenomenal.
