Which statement best summarizes the importance of Ernest Rutherford’s gold foil experiment?

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Which statement best summarizes the importance of Ernest Rutherford’s gold foil experiment?

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The correct answer is Option D.

Explanation:

Ernest Rutherford came up with a model called the Gold Foil experiment.

In this experiment, he took gold foil and bombarded it with alpha particles (carrying +2 loads). He assumed that all the particles would pass through the foil due to the presence of a lot of empty space. But, to his surprise, some of the particles broke their path and a few bounced back at a 180 ° angle.

He then decided that the gold foil must have something that has the same charge as an alpha particle and occupies a small amount of space. Hence, he discovered that an atom has a nucleus that carries positive charges and occupies a small amount of space.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.