According to Rutherford's atomic model, the size of the nucleus is very small as compared to the size of the atom.

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On the basis of the observations made in Rutherford's alpha scattering experiment, the following conclusions were made:
There is a positively charged particle at the center of an atom called the nucleus. The mass of an atom is due to the nucleus.
The size of the nucleus is very small as compared to the size of the atom.

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