In his gold foil experiment, Rutherford shot alpha particles at very thin gold foil. What were the results of this experiment?
Most of the alpha particles bounced back from the gold foil to the observers.
All of the alpha particles passed right through the gold foil.
Most of the alpha particles passed through the gold foil without deflection, except for a small percentage.
The alpha particles became attracted to the electrons and got stuck in the gold foil.

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In his gold foil experiment, Rutherford shot alpha particles at very thin gold foil. What were the results of this experiment? 
    Most of the alpha particles bounced back from the gold foil to the observers. 
   All of the alpha particles passed right through the gold foil. 
   Most of the alpha particles passed through the gold foil without deflection, except for a small percentage. 
   The alpha particles became attracted to the electrons and got stuck in the gold foil.

anonymous · Answer

Most of the alpha particles passed through the gold foil without deflection, except for a small percentage. 

"For the most part, the alpha particles corresponded with this hypothesis and passed straight through the gold foil. There were, however, a small hand full of particles that deflected slightly from the straight path by about one or two degrees."

anonymous · Answer

Most of the alpha particles passed through the gold foil without deflection, except for a small percentage.

anonymous · Answer

Everyone thought that the alpha particles would go through the gold- foil with little deflection. When the alpha particle passed straight through the gold atoms with no deflection or bounced straight back a small fraction bounced off at a large angle, or bounced straight back to the source. Rutherford came up with a new theory of the atom, that the atom is mostly empty space and in the center there is a nucleus. this is known as the nucleus atom.