why did Rutherford select the gold foil in his Alpha particle scattering experiment
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Because he wanted the foil as thin as possible
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Rutherford used gold for his scattering experiment because gold is the most malleable metal and he wanted the thinnest layer as possible. The gold sheet used was around 1000 atoms thick. Therefore, Rutherford selected a Gold foil in his alpha scatttering experiment.
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