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Question
What are the observations of the experiment done by Rutherford in order to determine the structure of an atom?
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Solution
Following were the observations made by Rutherford:
- Most of the alpha particle passed straight through the foil without any deflection from their path.
- A small fraction of them were deflected from their original path by small angles.
- Only a few particles bounced back
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