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Question 1 Name the particle used by Rutherford in his experiment to determine the structure of an atom?

Question 2 Explain the Rutherford’s scattering experiment?

Question 3 What observation were made by Rutherford’s in his experiment?

Question 4 Give the postulates of Rutherford’s model of an atom?

Question 5 State one drawback of Rutherford’s model of an atom?

• 1 Alpha Particles
• 2 Rutherford Model of an atom
• 3 Drawback of Rutherford Model of an Atom

Alpha Particles

Alpha particles is a positively charged particle having 2 units of positive charge and 4 units of mass. They are emitted from radioactive elements like Radium and Polonium . The fast moving alpha particles have considerable amount of energy. They can penetrate through the matter.

Experimental set Up

(1) He selected a thin gold foil.

(2) The fast moving alpha particles are allowed to strike a very thin gold foil in vacuum.

Observation

(1) Most of the alpha particles pass straight through the gold foil without any deflection from their original path.

(2) A few alpha particles are deflected through small angles and few are deflected through large angles.

(3) A very few alpha particles completely rebound on hitting the gold foil and turn back on their path.

Conclusion (1) As most of the alpha particles pass straight through the gold foil without any deflection, it shows that there is lot of empty space in an atom.

(2) Some of the alpha particles are deflected through small and large angles shows that there is positive centre in the atom which repel the positively charged alpha particles.

(3) Very few alpha particles completely rebound on hitting shows that all positive charge and mass of the atom were concentrated in very small volume with the atom.

Rutherford Model of an atom

(1) An atom consist of positively charged, dense and very small nucleus containing protons and neutrons.The entire mass of an atom is concentrated in the nucleus.

(2) The nucleus is surrounded by negatively charged electrons. The electrons are revolving around the nucleus in circular paths at very high speed.These circular paths of the electrons are called orbits.

(3) An atom is electrically neutral because the number of protons and electrons is equal.

(4) The size of nucleus is very small as compared to size of atom.

Drawback of Rutherford Model of an Atom

He does not explain the stability of an atom.In the Rutherford’s model of an atom, the negatively charged electron revolves around the positively charged nucleus in circular path. If an object moves in a circular path, the its motion is said to be accelerated. This means that motion of an electron revolving around the nucleus is accelerated. If a charged particle undergoes accelerated motion, then it must radiate energy continuously. Thus the energy of revolving electron will decrease gradually and their speed will also go on decreasing and ultimately the electrons should fall into the nucleus. This makes atom very unstable and hence the atom should collapse.

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The picture of the atomic model you show at “Conclusion” after point 4) is actually Bohr’s model of the atom (since it has electrons on discrete energy levels). As you said, the electron orbiting around the nucleus would constantly lose energy so it would collapse into the nucleus eventually (Rutherford 1911). It was 1913 when Rutherford together with Bohr figured out that the electron can have stable orbits around the nucleus ONLY at certain “distances”, and nowhere else. However, an electron can jump between these stable orbits (also known as discrete energy levels – as you show in that picture). When the electron jumps “down” (i.e. closer to the nucleus) the process is called “de-excitation”, and it is usually accompanied by the emission of a photon (light). This model could finally explain the “Balmer series”, a.k.a. the emission spectrum of hydrogen.

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Who did the Gold Foil Experiment?

The gold foil experiment was a pathbreaking work conducted by scientists Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden under the supervision of Nobel laureate physicist Ernest Rutherford that led to the discovery of the proper structure of an atom . Known as the Geiger-Marsden experiment, it was performed at the Physical Laboratories of the University of Manchester between 1908 and 1913.

The prevalent atomic theory at the time of the research was the plum pudding model that was developed by Lord Kelvin and further improved by J.J. Thomson. According to the theory, an atom was a positively charged sphere with the electrons embedded in it like plums in a Christmas pudding.

With neutrons and protons yet to be discovered, the theory was derived following the classical Newtonian Physics. However, in the absence of experimental proof, this approach lacked proper acceptance by the scientific community.

What is the Gold Foil Experiment?

Description.

The method used by scientists included the following experimental steps and procedure. They bombarded a thin gold foil of thickness approximately 8.6 x 10 -6 cm with a beam of alpha particles in a vacuum. Alpha particles are positively charged particles with a mass of about four times that of a hydrogen atom and are found in radioactive natural substances. They used gold since it is highly malleable, producing sheets that can be only a few atoms thick, thereby ensuring smooth passage of the alpha particles. A circular screen coated with zinc sulfide surrounded the foil. Since the positively charged alpha particles possess mass and move very fast, it was hypothesized that they would penetrate the thin gold foil and land themselves on the screen, producing fluorescence in the part they struck.

Like the plum pudding model, since the positive charge of atoms was evenly distributed and too small as compared to that of the alpha particles, the deflection of the particulate matter was predicted to be less than a small fraction of a degree.

Observation

Though most of the alpha particles behaved as expected, there was a noticeable fraction of particles that got scattered by angles greater than 90 degrees. There were about 1 in every 2000 particles that got scattered by a full 180 degree, i.e., they retraced their path after hitting the gold foil.

Simulation of Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment Courtesy: University of Colorado Boulder

The unexpected outcome could have only one explanation – a highly concentrated positive charge at the center of an atom that caused an electrostatic repulsion of the particles strong enough to bounce them back to their source. The particles that got deflected by huge angles passed close to the said concentrated mass. Most of the particles moved undeviated as there was no obstruction to their path, proving that the majority of an atom is empty.

In addition to the above, Rutherford concluded that since the central core could deflect the dense alpha particles, it shows that almost the entire mass of the atom is concentrated there. Rutherford named it the “nucleus” after experimenting with various gases. He also used materials other than gold for the foil, though the gold foil version gained the most popularity.

He further went on to reject the plum pudding model and developed a new atomic structure called the planetary model. In this model, a vastly empty atom holds a tiny nucleus at the center surrounded by a cloud of electrons. As a result of his gold foil experiment, Rutherford’s atomic theory holds good even today.

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• Rutherford demonstrated his experiment on bombarding thin gold foil with alpha particles contributed immensely to the atomic theory by proposing his nuclear atomic model.
• The nuclear model of the atom consists of a small and dense positively charged interior surrounded by a cloud of electrons.
• The significance and purpose of the gold foil experiment are still prevalent today. The discovery of the nucleus paved the way for further research, unraveling a list of unknown fundamental particles.
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Rutherford spearheaded with a team of scientist in his experiment of gold foil to capture the particles of the year 1911. It’s the beginning of explaining particles that float and are compacted . Rutherford discovered this atom through countless experiments which was the revolutionary discovery of the atomic nuclear . Rutherford name the atom as a positive charge and the the center is the nucleus.

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Five Types of Atomic Models

Ernest Rutherford, originally from New Zealand, is credited as being the father of nuclear physics for his discoveries in atomic structure, even though Hantaro Nagaoka, a physicist from the Imperial University of Tokyo, first proposed the theory of the nucleus as it is known today. Rutherford's "gold foil experiment" led to the discovery that most of an atom's mass is located in a dense region now called the nucleus. Prior to the groundbreaking gold foil experiment, Rutherford was granted the Nobel Prize for other key contributions in the field of chemistry.

The popular theory of atomic structure at the time of Rutherford's experiment was the "plum pudding model." This model was developed in 1904 by J.J. Thompson, the scientist who discovered the electron. This theory held that the negatively charged electrons in an atom were floating in a sea of positive charge--the electrons being akin to plums in a bowl of pudding. Although Dr. Nagaoka had published his competing theory that electrons orbit a positive nucleus, akin to the way the planet Saturn is orbited by its rings, in 1904, the plum pudding model was the prevailing theory on the structure of the atom until it was disproved by Ernest Rutherford in 1911.

The gold foil experiment was conducted under the supervision of Rutherford at the University of Manchester in 1909 by scientist Hans Geiger (whose work eventually led to the development of the Geiger counter) and undergraduate student Ernest Marsden. Rutherford, chair of the Manchester physics department at the time of the experiment, is given primary credit for the experiment, as the theories that resulted are primarily his work. Rutherford's gold foil experiment is also sometimes referred to as the Geiger-Marsden experiment.

The gold foil experiment consisted of a series of tests in which a positively charged helium particle was shot at a very thin layer of gold foil. The expected result was that the positive particles would be moved just a few degrees from their path as they passed through the sea of positive charge proposed in the plum pudding model. The result, however, was that the positive particles were repelled off of the gold foil by nearly 180 degrees in a very small region of the atom, while most of the remaining particles were not deflected at all but rather passed right through the atom.

Significance

The data generated from the gold foil experiment demonstrated that the plum pudding model of the atom was incorrect. The way in which the positive particles bounced off the thin foil indicated that the majority of the mass of an atom was concentrated in one small region. Because the majority of the positive particles continued on their original path unmoved, Rutherford correctly deducted that most of the remainder of the atom was empty space. Rutherford termed his discovery "the central charge," a region later named the nucleus.

Rutherford's discovery of the nucleus and proposed atomic structure was later refined by physicist Niels Bohr in 1913. Bohr's model of the atom, also referred to as the Rutherford Bohr model, is the basic atomic model used today. Rutherford's description of the atom set the foundation for all future atomic models and the development of nuclear physics.

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Dalton's Model of the Atom / J.J. Thomson / Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment / Rutherford / Niels Bohr / DeBroglie / Heisenberg / Planck / Schrödinger / Chadwick From MIT 3.091-Lec 3 Donald Sadoway 17:00  min Earnest Rutherford- From New Zealand, one of 12 children born on a farm. Rutherford was a scholarship research student under J.J. Thomson at Cavendish Lab at Cambridge University. Did thesis research on the properties of charged particles. Identified alpha particle as a Helium nucleus (protons and neutrons, no electrons) and beta particle as an electron. After this he worked at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He worked on the origin of alpha particles (from the disintegration of elements) and won the Noble Prize .  He became a Professor of Physics at Victoria University in Manchester, UK. The experiment to probe the structure of the atom performed by Hans Geiger (Geiger counter) and Ernest Marsden in 1909, under the direction of Ernest Rutherford at the Physical Laboratories of the University of Manchester. (Rutherford gets all the credit, while his graduate students did the work.) The Experiment A beam of alpha particles, generated by the radioactive decay of radium, was directed onto a sheet of very thin gold foil.  The gold foil was surrounded by a circular sheet of zinc sulfide (ZnS) which was used as a detector: The ZnS sheet would light up when hit with alpha particles. The Results  Atoms are mostly made of open space a very small percentage of particles were deflected through angles much larger than 90 degrees massive center with a + charge (the nucleus)   "It was quite the most incredible event that has ever happened to me in my life. It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you. On consideration, I realized that this scattering backward must be the result of a single collision, and when I made calculations I saw that it was impossible to get anything of that order of magnitude unless you took a system in which the greater part of the mass of the atom was concentrated in a minute nucleus. It was then that I had the idea of an atom with a minute massive center, carrying a charge." —Ernest Rutherford Adjustment to the Model of the Atom- Now with open space & positive nucleus J.J. Thomson Rutherford Problems with the new model resulted in a strong negative reaction in the scientific community 1. Nuclear Collapse Negative particles revolving around a positive nucleus should collapse ...."Collumbic attraction" between +ive and -ive particles. 2. Energy Deficit Revolving electrons changes direction, which means there is acceleration. What powers the accelerating electron? Adjustment to the Model of the Atom- Now with open space & positive nucleus J.J. Thomson Rutherford What is a Gold foil experiment? Gold-foil experiment: the gold foil experiment was designed by rutherford. in his experiment, the α particles were made to come down on a thin gold foil. alpha particles α are made up o f two protons and two neutrons tightly bound together which is identical to helium-4. many of the α particles passed linearly through the gold foil. some of the particles deviated at small angles. one out of every 12000 particles appeared to bounce. conclusion of rutherford's model of an atom: the space inside an atom is empty as most of the α particles passed without deflection through the gold foil. the positive charge occupies a minimum space which indicates that very few particles were diverted from their path. a very small proportion of α particles were diverted by 180 o .. What are the conclusions of the Gold foil Experiment? What did Rutherford conclude from his gold foil experiment? Why did Rutherford select a gold foil in his $$\alpha$$-ray scattering experiment? For the scattering experiment, rutherford wanted a metal sheet which could be as thin as possible. gold is the most malleable of all known metals. it can easily be converted into very thin sheets. hence, rutherford selected a gold foil for his alpha-ray scattering experiment .. Why did Rutherford select a gold foil in his α -particle scattering experiment? Why did Rutherford selected a gold foil for his scattering experiment? Give its electron distribution diagram. Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow , the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. Why Rutherford used only gold foil in his famous gold foil experiment? why didn't Rutherford use an aluminium foil, or a silver foil. Why he used gold foil in his gold foil experiment? atomic-physics 1 $\begingroup$ That's really a question you need to ask from Geiger and Marsden: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger%E2%80%93Marsden_experiment . It might have something to do with the fact that gold can be hammered into extremely thin foils, which is not possible (as far as I know) with either aluminum or silver. That reason is also given in the Wikipedia article. $\endgroup$ –  CuriousOne Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 10:01 4 Answers 4 He actually used also Aluminium, Silver, and Copper. He did so because he wanted to prove that the Rutherford cross section was proportional to $Z^2$. In any case, he needed to use malleable material (metals) in order to achieve a micrometer-thin foil to prevent the entire $\alpha$ beam to be absorbed by the target. $\begingroup$ Hey this looks like a fantastic answer; can you give a citation for it? $\endgroup$ –  Selene Routley Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 12:55 $\begingroup$ Professor Longo said it during the Nuclear Physics course at Sapienza university. The material used are cited also on Wikipedia's article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger –Marsden_experiment I had forgotten one element:he used tin, too. $\endgroup$ –  Drebin J. Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 13:12 Is this true? In a 1913 paper, The Laws of Deflexion of α Particles through Large Angles... Geiger and Marsden reused the above apparatus to measure how the scattering pattern varied with the square of the nuclear charge (i.e. if s ∝ Qn2). Geiger and Marsden didn't know what the positive charge of the nucleus of their metals were (they had only just discovered the nucleus existed at all), but they assumed it was proportional to the atomic weight, so they tested whether the scattering was proportional to the atomic weight squared. Geiger and Marsden covered the holes of the disc with foils of gold, tin, silver, copper, and aluminum. They measured each foil's stopping power by equating it to an equivalent thickness of air. They counted the number of scintillations per minute that each foil produced on the screen. See Wikipedia Yes, it is correct that Rutherford used other metallic atoms instead of gold. From using other metallic atoms, he drew the following conclusion that there shall be no change in his prior observations, if and only if the malleability of the metal is sufficive enough for the alpha particles to penetrate through, otherwise there shall be a lack of penetration of the alpha particles, thus different scattering of particles, which would ultimately for-go his previous experiment. Geiger and Marsden first used Gold because it is a malleable metal and they could relatively easily produce foils of a thickness of around $1\; \mu$m which still is about 3500 atoms thick. Even so this was thin enough to observe an incoming alpha particle interacting with only one nucleus and not being absorbed by the foil. Other malleable metals were then used to see what effect they had on the scattering of alpha particle. 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About Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment Rutherford's "gold foil experiment" led to the discovery that most of an atom's mass is located in a dense region now called the nucleus. Prior to the groundbreaking gold foil experiment, Rutherford was granted the Nobel Prize for other key contributions in the field of chemistry. Rutherford Scattering How did Rutherford figure out the structure of the atom without being able to see it? Simulate the famous experiment in which he disproved the Plum Pudding model of the atom by observing alpha particles bouncing off atoms and determining that they must have a small core. Explain Rutherford's alpha-ray scattering experiment with a ... Conclusion of Rutherford's scattering experiment: 1. Most of the space inside the atom is empty because most of the α -particles passed through the gold foil without getting deflected. 2. Very few particles were deflected from their path, indicating that the positive charge of the atom occupies very little space. 3. Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment Tutorial Rutherford Experiment. A beam of alpha particles, generated by the radioactive decay of radium, was directed onto a sheet of very thin gold foil. The gold foil was surrounded by a circular sheet of zinc sulfide (ZnS) which was used as a detector: The ZnS sheet would light up when hit with alpha particles. "It was quite the most incredible event ... Why did Rutherford select a gold foil in his α-ray scattering experiment? Rutherford's gold foil experiment was to show the presence of a small, massive positively charged nucleus at the center of the atom with a negative charge placed at a distance far away from the nucleus. In this experiment Rutherford bombarded alpha particles in a thin sheet of gold foil to observe the behavior of alpha particles with the sub-atomic particles of the gold atom. Most of the fast ... Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment This chemistry video tutorial provides a basic introduction into Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment. He beamed a ray of alpha particles onto a gold foil and ... What is a Gold foil experiment? The gold foil experiment was designed by Rutherford. In his experiment, the α α α particles were made to come down on a thin gold foil. Alpha particles α α α are made up of two protons and two neutrons tightly bound together which is identical to Helium-4. Many of the α α α particles passed linearly through the gold foil. Discovery of the Nucleus: Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment Discovery of the Nucleus: Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment Tyler DeWitt 1.46M subscribers Subscribed 13K 779K views 11 years ago Structure of the Atom: History and Experiments Why did Rutherford select a gold foil in his For the scattering experiment, Rutherford wanted a metal sheet which could be as thin as possible. Gold is the most malleable of all known metals. It can easily be converted into very thin sheets. Hence, Rutherford selected a gold foil for his alpha-ray scattering experiment. Was this answer helpful? Why Rutherford used only gold foil in his famous gold foil experiment? 2 why didn't Rutherford use an aluminium foil, or a silver foil. Why he used gold foil in his gold foil experiment? atomic-physics radiation scattering Share Cite Improve this question edited Jul 23, 2019 at 12:16 Qmechanic ♦ 208k 48 567 2.3k asked Jun 5, 2016 at 9:55 nitin yadav 37 1 1 10 1 essay homework paper phd project resume review speech study thesis