Why was Rutherford wrong ?

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Dani W.
Oct 3, 2017

Ernest Rutherford predicted that if he bombarded gold foil with alpha particles, then the alpha particles would directly pass through the foil based on J. J. Thomson's Plum-Pudding Model.

Explanation:

The Gold Foil Experiment lead to the discovery of the atomic nucleus and particle-protons in the nucleus.

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