jan 1, 1911 - 1911
Ernest Rutherford
Rutherford discovered the nucleus using his gold-foil experiment.
He also stated that the atom is mainly empty space, containing an
extremely small, positively charged nucleus where most of the
atom's mass was located, around which the negatively charged
electrons move.
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Emma Anthony
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