Chemistry, asked by sunnyemmanuel8026, 1 year ago

Why Rutherford used gold in his experiment

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Answered by mounika99
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Answer:

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.

Answered by marshmello18
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Because the alpha particles easily pass through the gold foil.

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