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Grade 10General Physics

verify with rutherford`s atomic model that atom has a size?

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12 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Saurabh Singh
12 Years ago
  • much of an atom's charge (specifically, its positive charge) is concentrated in a relatively tiny volume at the center of the atom, known today as thenucleus. The magnitude of this charge is proportional to (up to a charge number that can be approximately half of) the atom'satomic mass- the remaining mass is now known to be mostly attributed toneutrons. This concentrated central mass and charge is responsible for deflecting both alpha andbetaparticles.
this shows atom has a size!
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