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To determine:

The conclusions that can be drawn from the experiment (Rutherford) about the structure of an atom.

Introduction:

The experiment done by Ernest Rutherford in which the particle beam passes the piece of gold foil that is made up of only few atoms, this is because the positive charged particles passes the spaces between the atoms in the foil.

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The group of atoms combines to form the elements. The elements consist of as many atoms as possible which are packed and have a space between them. The atoms are the smallest unit that is made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. These many atoms combine to form molecules and then the molecules combine to form elements. A piece of foil is also made up of atoms which are packed and have some space between them.

In this experiment, a beam of positively charged particles is passed through the gold foil in which only few particles are deflected and maximum particles passes through the foil. There is no change in the path of the passing beam particles is seen.

The two conclusions that are observed in this experiment:

  1. 1. The atoms present in the foil must have enough space that the positively charged particles can easily pass through the foil. The particles that pass between the spaces of atoms does not get influenced or repelled by the positive charges present in the atoms of the foil.
  2. 2. Another conclusion is that the size of positively charged protons present in the atoms is so small and compact that they are not able to make contact with the coming positively charged particles.
Conclusion

The beam particles pass through the spaces present between the atoms. As they are positively charged, they are not hindered by the protons of atoms.

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