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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

in rutherfords experiment what is the significance of using gold foil..? what would have happened if it had been very thin hydrogen foil..?

Profile image of karuna Yadav
12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Sunil Kumar FP
12 Years ago
instead he used other foil like lead,aluminium and iron but his gold foil experiment is most talked of.in think hydrogen exists as a gas at room temperature unstable hence no use
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