Question

what do you think would be the observation if the a-particles scattering experiment is carried out using a foil of a metal other than gold

Answer 1

a major fraction of the alpha particles bombarded towards the gold foil through it without any deflections and hence most space in atom is empty
some a-particles deflects a little so +ve charge is not uniformly distributed it is in a small volume
very few are deflected back and even fewer particles have 180 degree deflection so +vely charged particles in an atom is very small in volume in an atom

Answer 2

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If the α-scattering experiment is carried out using a foil of a metal rather than gold, there would be no change in the observation.

In the α-scattering experiment, a gold foil was taken because gold is malleable and a thin foil of gold can be easily made.

It is difficult to make such foils from other metals.

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