In Rutherford's gold foil experiment, ma...

In Rutherford's gold foil experiment, majority of alpha particles passed directly through the gold foil. This observation leads to which conclusion?

The positively charged region of the atom is very small.

The atom must consist of empty space.

The alpha particles makes a direct hit on the positively charged region of the atom.

The positively charged region of atom is very dense.

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In Rutherford.s gold leaf experiment, the scattering of a -particles takes place. In this process:

coulombic force is involved

nuclear force is involved

path of `alpha` -particle is parabolic

path of `alpha` – particle is hyperbolic

Alpha particles are much heavier than electrons

Alpha particles are positively charged

Most part of the atom is empty

Alpha particles move with high velocity

Both 'A' and 'R' are true and 'R' is the correct explanation of 'A'.

Both 'A' and 'R' are true and 'R' is not the correct explanation of 'A'

'A' is true and 'R' is false

'A' is false and 'R' is true