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Rutherford's Experiment and Observations

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Rutherford concluded that most space inside an atom is .

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empty

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full

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occupied by nucleus

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Solution

The correct option is A empty
In the experiment, most of the alpha particles passed undeflected through the gold foil. This implied that most space inside an atom is empty.

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