Question

Assertion: Aluminium foil can be used in $\alpha$ - particle scattering experiment
Reason: Aluminium is a highly malleable metal.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
• C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
• D. Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct

The assertion is incorrect because even though aluminium is a very malleable metal, we can't get a 1000 atom thick Aluminium sheet.