Rutherford concluded that the positive region of a atom is concentrated at the center, called the nucleus from the α-scattering experiment, then why are the neutrons, being neutral situated in the positive region and not in any other region ?
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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.
Like protons, neutrons are bound into the atom's nucleus as a result of the strong nuclear force. Protons and neutrons have approximately the same mass, but they are both much more massive than electrons (approximately 2,000 times as massive as an electron).
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