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By Bombarding Atoms in a Thin Metal Sheet with Energetic

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By bombarding atoms in a thin metal sheet with energetic particles,Rutherford found that most of the mass of an atom is concentrated inside a very small volume.What is the diameter of this "nucleus," as a fraction of that of the whole atom?


A) 1/10⁶
B) 1/10,000
C) 1/100
D) 1/2

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