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Why did Ratherford choose a gold foil and Alfa particles for his experiment

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Rutherford selected a gold foil because gold is most malleable metal i.e gold can be beaten up into a thin layer of 1000 atoms without cracking or breaking.And gold does not absorb or chemically react with alpha particle.

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