Answer to Question #253081 in Physical Chemistry for Dee

Question

What are the conclusions in Rutherford's famous experiment three purposes were discovered when shooting a beam of alpha particles at a thing gold film

Answer 1

Most of the space inside the atom is empty. Therefore, most of the α-particles went through the gold foil without deflecting from their path. There is a positive tiny part in the atom in its centre, which deflects or repels the α-particles.