Which of the following observations was not correct during Rutherford’s scattering…

Chemistry · Class 11 · CBSEStructure of Atom

Which of the following observations was not correct during Rutherford’s scattering experiment?
  1. Most of the a-particles passed through the gold foil undeflected.
  2. A small fraction of the a-particles was deflected by small angles.
  3. A large number of the a-particles were bounced back.
  4. A very few a-particles (~ 1 in 20,000) were bounced back.

Answer

(C) A large number of the a -particles were bounced back.

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