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 ...

Question Describe in detail the present model of the atom known as the Rutherford-Bohr model. Name the particles that make up the atom, their mass and their location.

2. Rutherford’s Model of Atom (By Ernest Rutherford in 1909) This was based on an experiment in which α – particles were bombarded on a thin gold foil.