What was Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment?

What was Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment?

Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment (1911) involved firing alpha particles at a thin gold foil. Most passed through, but some were deflected at large angles, leading Rutherford to conclude that atoms have a small, dense, positively charged nucleus at their center, overturning the plum pudding model.

Maybe you should review references:

• The Gold Foil Experiment (Ernest Rutherford)
• Ernest Rutherford[1]
• The Rutherford Experiment[2]

Footnotes

[1]Ernest Rutherford

[2]Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism: Interactive Java Tutorial