Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment — #4 in Top 10 Best Physics Experiments in History | Top10Grid
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Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment
Ernest Rutherford's 1911 experiment fired alpha particles at gold foil and discovered that atoms have a tiny, dense nucleus, overthrowing the plum pudding model of the atom.
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