In Rutherford’s gold foil experiment most of the $α$ - particles pass through the gold foil without any deviation from their paths. This indicates that

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The atom is spherical

There is a positively charged nucleus at the centre of the atom

The entire mass of the atom is concentrated at the nucleus of the atom

Most of the atom is an empty space

answer is D.

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The Scientist Rutherford is made $α$ ray experiment by using thin gold foil around one meter radius of an atom. He was observed that most of the $α$ -particles passing through an atom of gold foil without any deviation of their path. Hence, he made a statement that most of the atom has empty space.

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