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Ernest Rutherford discovered the planetary model of the atom. He found through experiments that the atom is mostly empty space, with nearly all of its mass concentrated in a tiny central nucleus, surrounded by electrons that orbit the nucleus like planets around the sun. He is considered the father of nuclear physics for his remarkable discoveries in radioactivity and nuclear physics through experiments such as observing alpha particles scattering backwards from gold foil.

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Group 4 Rutherford 1

Ernest Rutherford discovered the planetary model of the atom. He found through experiments that the atom is mostly empty space, with nearly all of its mass concentrated in a tiny central nucleus, surrounded by electrons that orbit the nucleus like planets around the sun. He is considered the father of nuclear physics for his remarkable discoveries in radioactivity and nuclear physics through experiments such as observing alpha particles scattering backwards from gold foil.

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Group 4

ErnestRutherford
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson. He
was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to
be known as the father of nuclear physics. Britannica
considers him to be the greatest experimentalist since
Michael Faraday. He is born in August 30 1871, in
Brightwater, New Zealand and dies at October 18 1937,
at the age of 66 years old
Ernest Rutherford
He was responsible for a remarkable series of discoveries
in the fields of radioactivity and nuclear physics. He
discovered alpha and beta rays, set forth the laws of
radioactive decay, and identified alpha particles as helium
nuclei. Most important, he postulated the nuclear
structure of the atom: experiments done in Rutherford’s
laboratory showed that when alpha particles are fired into
gas atoms, a few are violently deflected, which implies a
dense, positively charged central region containing most
of the atomic mass.
Ernest Rutherford
In the well-known experiment, alpha particles were
observed to scatter backwards from a gold foil. Which he
published in May 1911, was that the scattering was
caused by a hard, dense core at the center of the atom–the
nucleus.
Ernest Rutherford
He found that the atom is mostly empty space, with
nearly all of its mass concentrated in a tiny central
nucleus. The nucleus is positively charged and
surrounded at a great distance by the negatively
charged electrons.
The model described the atom as a tiny, dense,
positively charged core called a nucleus, in which
nearly all the mass is concentrated, around which the
light, negative constituents, called electrons, circulate
at some distance, much like planets revolving around
the Sun.
Ernest Rutherford
Rutherford discovered that atoms were not
indestructible during his research on radioactivity. His
greatest achievement is known to be the discovery of
the atomic nucleus. In the year 1909, with the
researchers Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, he
carried one of the landmark experiments - the gold foil
experiment. Rutherford's model was instrumental in
developing relevant base for the development of
atomic and nuclear physics.
Planeta ry
Model
He discovered the “Nucleus” of the
atom while firing positively charged
alpha particles at a gold foil and then
stated that the electrons are orbiting the
nucleus. The “Planetary Model” was
the created shortly after to show how
the nucleus and the electrons are like
the solar system.
Summary :

Ernest Rutherford discovered the planetary model.

He found that the atom is mostly empty space, with


nearly all of its mass concentrated in a tiny central
nucleus.

He is a New Zealand-born British physicist that came


to be known as the father of nuclear physics.
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