why Rutherford used gold foil to present his models?
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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 goldsheet used was around 1000 atoms thick. Therefore, Rutherford selected a Gold foil in his alpha scatttering experiment.
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rutherford used gold foil because gold is highly malleable metal. It is very thin about 1000 atoms.
because of its thinness some alpha particles can easily pass through it.
if he would have used any other metal this experiment would not be possible as the alpha particles could not pass through atom of other metal, which would result in rebound of all alpha particles.
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