4. Rutherford conducted the experiment by
allowing high speed alpha particles to hit a
very thin gold foil . Most of the alpha
particles passed through it. The paths of
some particles were seen to have slightly
deviated .
7. He arrived at some inferences from these
observations :
•. Atom has a central part . He called it nucleus
• Nucleus has positive charge
• Compared with the total volume of an atom the
volume of the nucleus is very meager
• The mass of an atom is consentrated in the nucleus
• Electrons are distributed in the space around the
nucleus.