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Rutherford's Experiment and Observations

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The volume occupied by the positively charged particles in an atom is very small as compared to the total volume of an atom.

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The correct option is B True

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Statement 1 (S1): According to Rutherford, most of the space inside an atom is occupied by positive charge.

Statement 2 (S2): Mass of an atom is concentrated in a very small volume within the atom.

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I) An atom is electrically neutral.
II) The positively charged centre in an atom is called nucleus.
III) The size of nucleus is very small as compared to an atom.

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b) most of the space in the atom is empty .
c)the electrons revolved in circular paths
d)All the positive charge and the mass of gold atom were concentrated in a very small volume within the atom.

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