The amazed Rutherford commented that it was “as if you fired a 15-inch naval shell at a piece of tissue paper and the shell came right back and hit you.” From this simple observation, Rutherford concluded that
the atom's mass must be concentrated in a small positively-charged nucleus while the electrons inhabit the
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Why did Rutherford conclude that the nucleus was positively charged?
5. How did he know that the nucleus was positively charged? He knew the nucleus was positively charged
because the positively charged alpha particles were bouncing back rather than becoming stuck to the nucleus
.
Why did Rutherford conclude?
Rutherford considered these observations and he concluded: The
fact that most alpha particles went straight through the foil is evidence for the atom being mostly empty space
. A small number of alpha particles being deflected at large angles suggested that there is a concentration of positive charge in the atom.
What did Rutherford conclude from the gold foil experiment?
The gold-foil experiment showed that
the atom consists of a small, massive, positively charged nucleus with the negatively charged electrons being at a great distance from the centre
. Niels Bohr built upon Rutherford's model to make his own.
What was the Rutherford conclusion?
| Observations Conclusion | Few particles bounce off the nucleus Indicates that all the positive charge and mass of the gold atom were concentrated in a very small volume within the atom. |
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Why did Rutherford use gold foil?
This experiment was used to depict the structure of atoms. The reason for using gold foil was that
very thin foil for the experiment was required
, since gold is malleable from all other metals so it can be easily shaped into very thin sheets. So, Rutherford used gold foils.
How did Rutherford conclude that most of the space inside an atom is empty?
Answer: Rutherford concluded
from his metal foil experiments
that most of an atom is empty space with a tiny, dense, positively charged nucleus at the center that contains most of the mass of the atom. He also concluded that the electrons orbit the nucleus like the planets orbit the sun.
What was Rutherford's experiment?
Ernest Rutherford's most famous experiment is
the gold foil experiment
. A beam of alpha particles was aimed at a piece of gold foil. Most alpha particles passed through the foil, but a few were scattered backward. This showed that most of the atom is empty space surrounding a tiny nucleus.
Who said the atom was mostly empty space?
In 1911, a British scientist named
Ernest Rutherford
discovered that an atom is mostly empty space. He concluded that the positively charged particles are contained in a small central core called the nucleus.
Why did Rutherford use alpha particles?
1-
they are heavily and positively charged
. 3- as like charges will repel , the same way , these particle also repel and scattered . 5- they have high ionising power .
How thick was the gold foil in Rutherford's experiment?
The gold foil was only
0.00004 cm thick
. Most of the alpha particles went straight through the foil, but some were deflected by the foil and hit a spot on a screen placed off to one side. Geiger and Marsden found that about one in 20,000 alpha particles had been deflected 45° or more.
What were Rutherford's 2 conclusions?
From this experiment, Rutherford concluded that
(ii)
As a few α-particles got deviated through small angles there must be some positively charged particles in matter
which repel the α-particles strongly causing deviation. He named these positively charged particle as “nucleus“.
What were the three major observations Rutherford made in the gold foil experiment?
1)
Most of the Alpha particles pass Straight Through the gold foil without any deflection from their original path
. 2)A few Alpha particles are deflected through small angle and a few are deflected through larger angle.
What was Rutherford's failure?
(1)
It could not explain the stability of electrons in the orbits
. 2)The electrons revolving in s. orbits are accelerating charged particles which will emit electromagnetic radiations which carry energy. 3)Due to continuous loss of energy' the electron will revolve in a spiral path and finally will fall into nucleus.
What was the conclusion of Rutherford experiment Class 11?
The observations made by Rutherford led him to conclude that:
A major fraction of the α-particles bombarded towards the gold sheet passed through it without any deflection
, and hence most of the space in an atom is empty.
What were the key conclusions from Rutherford's experiment Class 11?
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particles were deflected by the gold sheet by very small angles
, and so the positive charge in an atom is not uniformly distributed. angle of deflection. Therefore, the volume occupied by the positively charged particles in an atom is very small in comparison to the total volume of an atom.
