In Rutherford's gold foil experiments, some alpha particles were deflected from their original paths but most passed through the foil with no deflection. Which statement about gold atoms is supported by these experimental observations

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Mariela Perkins

13 July, 09:18

In Rutherford's gold foil experiments, some alpha particles were deflected from their original paths but most passed through the foil with no deflection. Which statement about gold atoms is supported by these experimental observations

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Isaiah · Answer 1

It shows that gold (all) atoms are made of mostly empty space. The alpha particles go right through because they hit nothing in the atoms which showed Rutherford that atoms are mostly empty space.