The alpha particle scattering experiment was carried out by:

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The alpha particle scattering experiment was carried out by Rutherford.
Ernest Rutherford and his coworkers performed numerous experiments in which alpha particles emitted from a radioactive element such as polonium were allowed to strike thin sheets of metals such as gold or platinum.
A major fraction of the α-particles bombarded towards the gold sheet passed through it without any deflection, and hence most of the space in an atom is empty.

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