Question

Name the scientist who showed the existence of protons in an atom.

Answer 1

Protons:

1. In an atom, the protons are particles that are positively charged.
2. Ernest Rutherford used scintillation detectors that detected the hydrogen nuclei when a stream of alpha particles was blasted into the air.
3. When Ernest Rutherford established that the nucleus of the hydrogen atom also known as a proton is present in the nuclei of all other atoms.
4. In 1917, he was credited for the discovery of the proton.

Hence, the scientist who showed the existence of protons in an atom is Ernest Rutherford.