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Why did Rutherford select a gold foil in his α–ray
scattering experiment?
scattering experiment?
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- Rutherford needed a thin metal sheet for the scattering experiment.
- The most malleable of all known metals is gold.
- It’s easy to make very thin sheets out of it.
- So, he chose a gold foil for his alpha-ray scattering experiment.
- Rutherford needed a thin metal sheet for the scattering experiment.
- The most malleable of all known metals is gold.
- It’s easy to make very thin sheets out of it.
- So, he chose a gold foil for his alpha-ray scattering experiment.
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