When alpha particles are used to bombard gold foil, most of the alpha particles pass through undeflected. this result indicates that most of the volume of a gold atom consists of?

When alpha particles are used to bombard gold foil, most of the alpha particles pass through undeflected. This result of the experiment indicates that most of the volume of a gold atom consists of unoccupied spaces. This was an experiment done by Ernest Rutherford which allowed him to verify the presence of the a small region positive charge in an atom which is called as the nucleus of the atom. Most of the alpha particles pass through the foil while a certain amount were deflected. Those that pass through confirmed that there is a large area that is unoccupied in an atom.