which is the experiment that leads to formation of Rutherford atom
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Origins of Quantum Theory
In 1911, Rutherford performed one of the revealing experiments in atomic physics that is now known as the gold foil experiment. Some radioactive heavy elements emit alpha particles (helium nuclei), and a beam of these particles was directed at thin gold foil, as depicted in Fig. 1.4. Fig.
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Rutherford overturned Thomson's model in 1911 with his well-known gold foil experiment in which he demonstrated that the atom has a tiny and heavy nucleus. Rutherford designed an experiment to use the alpha particles emitted by a radioactive element as probes to the unseen world of atomic structure.
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