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In Rutherford's gold foil experiment most of the `alpha`-particles pass through the gold foil without any deviation from their paths . This indicates that

A

the atom is spherical

B

there is a positively charged nucleus at the centre of the atom

C

the entire of mass of the atom is concentrated at the nucleus of the atom

D

most of the atom is an empty space

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