Description The Rutherford scattering experiment (gold foil experiment) revealed that the atom is mostly empty space with a small, dense, positively charged nucleus at its center. This was a ...

shells ). This 'solar system' model of the atom is the way that most people think about atoms today. It is known as the Rutherford-Bohr model of atomic structure.

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was ...