Question

8. Name the scientist who
performed the gold foil experiment.
Write the conclusions and
shortcomings of Rutherford's
model of
atom.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Physicist Ernest Rutherford

Physicist Ernest Rutherford established the nuclear theory of the atom with his gold-foil experiment. When he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil, a few of the particles were deflected. He concluded that a tiny, dense nucleus was causing the deflections.