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Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiments

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why did the electrons in the gold foil of rutherfords scattering experiment did not attracted the alpa particles ??

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The mass of Alpha particle is very high compared to to that of an electron,also in the experiment the alpha particles travel at a very high speed.
Due to this, electrons are unable to stop or attract alpha particles.

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