Rutherford’s experiment lead to the discovery of which of the following?

Electron

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Proton

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Neutron

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Nucleus

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Solution

The correct option is D Nucleus
Observations of Rutherford’s alpha particle scattering experiment concluded that most of the atom is just empty space and that most of the mass and all the positive charge of an atom is concentrated in region of very small volume which he termed as nucleus.

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