In 1911, Rutherford conducted his gold foil experiment. During the experiment, alpha particles bombarded a thin piece of gold foil. The alpha particles were expected to pass easily through the gold foil. Every now and then however, an alpha particle bounced back- an unexpected result. Rutherford concluded that these particles werea. a tiny region of positive chargeb. a dense region of negative chargec. a dense region of neutronsd. a tiny region with a strong magnetic field

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