why is only gold foil used in Rutherford's experiment.?
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In the experiment, Rutherford found the nucleus using gold foil. because he used a thin sheet of gold foil. Because he used a gold foil (the only metal that can be hammered into a 1 atom thick ...
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Rutherford took gold foil instead of any other elements because :-
1) gold was most malleable that is best for making thinnest sheet.
2) Noble metal it is. So won't show deviation due to external change in environment.
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