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Question
What happened to most alpha-particles passing through the gold foil?
Options
They were deflected by more than \[90^\circ\].
They passed through undeflected.
They were deflected by more than \[1^\circ\].
They remained stationary during scattering.
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Solution
Most alpha-particles passed through the gold foil undeflected. This observation is consistent with most of the space in the atom being empty.
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