Which conclusion of Rutherford's gold foil experiment is supported by the...

[Shreya Das]

...results of his experiment? 1) Most of an atom's mass occupies a very small portion of its volume
2) The emission of light by electrons must be quantized
3) Alpha particles are deflected into parabolic paths
4) Electrons circling the nucleus of an atom cannot emit energy

 

[D G]

1- most of the atoms mass occupies a small portion of the volume

not all particles would be deflected that way a head on collsion would be rebound so i think 3 is false

others were not part of the experiment number one was the purpose of the experiment

 

[talonschild]

The first point - since most it went through the gold foil, he knew that the atoms had large empty spaces in and between them.