A detector that would flash when hit by an alpha particle. The Unexpected Result
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While most did pass through, Rutherford was shocked to find that: A detector that would flash when hit by an alpha particle
At the time, scientists believed in the , where an atom was a blob of positive charge with electrons scattered inside like fruit in a pudding. If this were true, the heavy alpha particles should have whizzed straight through the "soft" atoms. scientists believed in the