Question

Why Rutherford used golden foil in his expt?

Answer 1

Ernest Rutherford used gold foil in his scattering experiment because gold foil is very thin of about 1000 atoms and when alpha particles passed through it will not create any difficulties.

Answer 2

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Rutherford used golden foil 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, he used golden foil.

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