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apr 10, 1911 - Rutherford

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Discoveries-
- He concluded that almost all of the atom’s positive charge and almost all of its mass were contained in a tiny, dense region in the center of the atom, called the nucleus.

Experiment-
- (Gold Foil) To see if alpha particles would be deflected as they passed through a thin gold foil.

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apr 10, 1911
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~ 115 years ago