Describe the results of Ernest Rutherford's gold-foil experiment and explain how his results changed ideas about the distributio

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tia_tia [17]

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Describe the results of Ernest Rutherford's gold-foil experiment and explain how his results changed ideas about the distributio

n of positive charge within the atom.

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DochEvi [55] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-07T16:42:24+03:00

DochEvi [55]3 years ago

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In Rutherford's gold foil experiment, some of the positive particles would pass through the foil and some would bounce off. This led to a new theory that all of the positive subatomic particles were in the center of the atom instead of evenly spread throughout.