Question

Explain Rutherford alpha​

Answer 1

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OBSERVATIONS:

• Most of the alpha particles passed through the foil without suffering any collisions

• Around 0.14% of the incident alpha particles scattered by more than 1°

• Around 1 in 8000 alpha particles deflected by more than 90°

CONCLUSIONS:

• The results of this experiment were not in sync with the plum-pudding model of the atom as suggested by Thomson. Rutherford concluded that since alpha particles are positively charged, for them to be deflected back, they needed a large repelling force. He further argued that for this to happen, the positive charge of the atom needs to be concentrated in the centre, unlike scattered in the earlier accepted model.

• Hence, when the incident alpha particle came very close to the positive mass in the centre of the atom, it would repel leading to a deflection. On the other hand, if it passes through at a fair distance from this mass, then there would be no deflection and it would simply pass through.

• He then stated the ‘nuclear model of an atom’ wherein the entire positive charge and most of the mass of the atom is concentrated in the nucleus. Also, the electrons are moving in orbits around the nucleus akin to the planets and the sun. Further, Rutherford also concluded from his experiments that the size of the nucleus is between 10-15 and 10-14 m.

• According to Kinetic theory, the size of an atom is around 10-10 m or around 10,000 to 100,000 times the size of the nucleus proposed by Rutherford. Hence, the distance of the electrons from the nucleus should be around 10,000 to 100,000 times the size of the nucleus.

• This eventually implies that most of the atom is empty space and explains why most alpha particles went right through the foil. And, these particles are deflected or scattered through a large angle on coming close to the nucleus. Also, the electrons having negligible mass, do not affect the trajectory of these incident alpha particles.

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