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Q.

In interpreting Rutherford's experiments on the scattering of alpha particles by thin foils, one must examine what the known factors were, and what the experiment concluded. Which of the following is true in this context?

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a

The number of electrons in the target atoms (i.e., Z) was settled by these experiments.

b

The validity of Coulomb's law for distances as small as 10-13 was known before these experiments.

c

The experiments settled that size of the nucleus could not be larger than a certain value.

d

The experiments settled that size of the nucleus could not be smaller than a certain value.

answer is C.

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