why rutherford used gold foil in its experiment
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⚫as gold is the most malleable metal so it can be beaten into sheets .
⚫Rutherford wanted the thinnest layer as possible for conducting his experiment.
⚫the goldsheet was approximately around 1000 atoms thick only.
⚫hence, gold foil was selected by Rutherford for his alpha scattering experiment.
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