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What is the thickness of gold foil used in Rutherford's model of the atom?

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a

1000 nm

b

1000 cm

c

1000 mm

d

1000 atoms

answer is C.

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In Rutherford's model of the atom, he selected a gold foil because he wanted as thin a layer as possible. This gold foil was about 1000 atoms thick.

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