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Structure of the Atom — Science STD 9 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceStructure of the Atom2 Marks
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How was it shown that an atom has a lot of empty space within it?
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Answer

Most of the alpha-particles passed straight through the gold foil without any deflection in Rutherford’s alpha- particle scattering experiment, this shows that most of the space in an atom is empty.

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