Rutherford's gold-foil experiments proved the existence of which of the following?

Question 8 options:

the nucleus

the neutron

the electrons outside the nucleus

the protons only

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Paulina Dougherty

7 March, 03:10

Rutherford's gold-foil experiments proved the existence of which of the following?

Question 8 options:

the nucleus

the neutron

the electrons outside the nucleus

the protons only

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Marco Dawson · Answer 1

The nucleus i am sure but im not quite positive this is the right answer.

Mack · Answer 2

The answer is the nucleus, because the beam of alpha particles would hit a small, dense positively charged center (nucleus) in the gold foil and bounce back or deflect at angles.

Rutherford's gold-foil experiments proved the existence of which of the following?Question 8 options:the nucleusthe neutronthe electrons outside the nucleusthe protons only

Rutherford's gold-foil experiments proved the existence of which of the following?

Question 8 options:

the nucleus

the neutron

the electrons outside the nucleus

the protons only