why did Rutherford selected a gold foil in his α-ray scattering experiment?
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Ernst Rutherford selected a gold foil to bombard fast moving alpha particles .
The reason why he chose a gold foil is he wanted a layer as thin as possible. The gold foil was thin , it was about only 1000 atoms thick
The reason why he chose a gold foil is he wanted a layer as thin as possible. The gold foil was thin , it was about only 1000 atoms thick
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because gold is very ductility ,so it can be formed long wire .
Ankit1234:
is it not too short answer?
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