Which metal block was used to house the radioactive alpha emitter in Rutherford's experiment?

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Rutherford used highly radioactive radon as alpha emitter.
Alpha particle is the helium nucleus emitted by radioactive elements.
This gold foil experiment lead to the discovery of nucleus.

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