jul 22, 1911 - Ernest Rutherford (1911)- He used the alpha particles as atomic bullets, probed the atoms in pieces of thin gold foil. Established that the nucleus was very dense and very small and positively charged. He also assumed that the electrons were located outside of the nucleus
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