Question

In the gold foil experiment:
(i) Why did many alpha particles pass through the gold foil undeflected?
(ii) Why did few alpha particles deflect through few angles?
(iii) Why did few alpha particles after striking the gold foil retrace their path?

Answer 1

1) because the partical were not be touched to the nucles .
2) they defelect because they were partially touch to the nucles
3) because they diractly touched by the nucles