Why did Rutherford select a gold foil to do his alpha ray scattering experiment?
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Ernest Rutherford was interested in knowing how the electrons are arranged within an atom. Rutherford designed an experiment for this. In this experiment, fast moving alpha (α)-particles were made to fall on a thin gold foil. He selected a gold foil because he wanted as thin a layer as possible.
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gold is dense, most malleable among other elements and ductilte.also it is good conductor of electricity and heat.
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