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Standard IX
Chemistry
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Rutherford's alpha Scattering experiment showed that:
  1. the atoms were smashed up by alpha particles
  2. the atoms consisted of protons in a matrix of electrons
  3. the nucleus was quite large and positively charged
  4. the nucleus was very small and positively charged

A
the atoms were smashed up by alpha particles
B
the atoms consisted of protons in a matrix of electrons
C
the nucleus was quite large and positively charged
D
the nucleus was very small and positively charged
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Rutherford demonstrated that an atom contains the new features of high central charge concentrated into very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom and with this central volume also contains the bulk of the atomic mass of the atom.

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