How did rutherford contribute to the atomic theory?

Rutherford's most famous experiment is the gold foil experiment. It consisted of shooting Alpha atoms into extremely thin gold foil and seeing where on the surrounding circular wall it hit. He believed they would all just go straight through. ... This led to his nuclear model of an atom. read more

Rutherford's most famous experiment is the gold foil experiment. It consisted of shooting Alpha atoms into extremely thin gold foil and seeing where on the surrounding circular wall it hit. He believed they would all just go straight through. However, a very small amount went either off to the sides or back towards the Alpha atom stream. read more

Rutherford atomic model Diagram of the Rutherford atomic model. Physicist Ernest Rutherford envisioned the atom as a miniature solar system, with electrons orbiting around a massive nucleus, and as mostly empty space, with the nucleus occupying only a very small part of the atom. read more