Question

What could happen if Rutherford strikes alpha particles with berellium instead of gold foil

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Rutherford concluded that the gold atoms were mostly empty space, which allowed most of the alpha particles through. ... Chadwick bombarded beryllium foil with alpha particles and noticed a neutral radiation coming out. This neutral radiation could in turn knock protons out of the nuclei of other substances.

Answer 2

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• In Alpha Ray scattering experiment conducted by Ernest Rutherford, gold foil was taken instead of any other metal because he wanted at least a ray to pass through, while other metals couldn't do that and there could have been complete reboundness. When the experiment was conducted, almost 99% of the days were deflected at several angles, while only some passed through, this gave me an idea that there could be a possibility of presence of some positive centre.

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