Question

Experimental verification of rutherford scattering formula

Answer 1

For a detector at a specific angle with respect to the incident beam, the number of particles per unit area striking the detector is given by the Rutherford formula: ... The point of departure from Rutherford scattering in the case of the nucleus was the basis for the earliest evaluations of the nuclear radius.

Conclusion of Rutherford's scattering experiment: Most of the space inside the atom is empty because most of the α-particles passed through the gold foil without getting deflected. Very few particles were deflected from their path, indicating that the positive charge of the atom occupies very little space.