Question

Explain in brief Rutherford's experiment which led to discovery of atomic nucleus with the help of a
neat labelled diagram.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Rutherford overturned Thomson's model in 1911 with his well-known gold foil experiment in which he demonstrated that the atom has a tiny and heavy nucleus. ... In this May 1911 paper, Rutherford only committed himself to a small central region of very high positive or negative charge in the atom