7.16 describe Rutherford’s nuclear model of the atom and how it accounts for the results of Geiger and Marsden’s experiment and understand the factors (charge and speed) which affect the deflection of alpha particles by a nucleus

7.16 describe Rutherford’s nuclear model of the atom and how it accounts for the results of Geiger and Marsden’s experiment and understand the factors (charge and speed) which affect the deflection of alpha particles by a nucleus

After the experiment of Geiger and Marsden, Rutherford came to a conclusion that most of alpha source went through the foil was through empty space of atoms. Other deflection occurred because of the nucleus which is positively charged and so is alpha particle. That’s why they repelled each other and deflected. Rutherford gave the evidence that an atom is consisted of a positive nucleus in the centre and rotating electron outside in the mostly empty space.