Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceStructure of the Atom1 Mark
MCQ
Rutherford's scattering experiment estimated the size of:
A
Atom
B
Electron
C
Neutron
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Nucleus
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Answer
Correct option: D.
Nucleus
Rutherford's model compared the sizes of the atom and that of the nucleus.
He estimated the size of the nucleus to be about $\frac{1}{100,000}$ the size of the atom.
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