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What conclusions were made from the observations of Gold foil experiment?
The observations from Rutherford's Alpha ray scattering experiment resulted in the following conclusions.
- Since most alpha particles passed through the gold foil without being deflected, most of the space inside the atom is .
- The nucleus of the atom is .
- Only a few particles were deflected from their direction, suggesting that the atom's uses very little space.
- Just a small percentage of alpha particles were deflected by , showing that the gold atom's and mass were concentrated in a very small volume within it.
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