 Ernest Rutherford  Physicist  Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New Zealand-born physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. Encyclopedia Britannica considers him to be the greatest physicist  Born: August 30, 1871, Brightwater, New Zealand BornBrightwater, New Zealand  Died: October 19, 1937, Cambridge, United Kingdom DiedCambridge, United Kingdom  Education: University of Cambridge (1895–1898), more EducationUniversity of Cambridge  Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Copley Medal, more AwardsNobel Prize in ChemistryCopley Medal  Nationality: New Zealand, British, Canadian Nationality  Parents: James Rutherford, Martha Thompson ParentsJames RutherfordMartha Thompson

 Ernest Rutherford by using his atomic theory experiment of the golden foil and the “bullets” discovered that the atom would be scateered all over the sensor not oly in the same place, so he discovered that between the nucleus and the rest was empty space.

 The Alpha particles bounced of after going through the gold foil and one in 8OOO bounced of.

 He used Alpha particles which are possitively charged and the atoms bounced off, so he determined that the nucleus was positively charged or else it would be stuck.

 This experiment involved the firing of radioactive particles through minutely thin metal foils (notably gold) and detecting them using screens coated with zinc sulfide (a scintillator). Rutherford found that although the vast majority of particles passed straight through the foil approximately 1 in 8000 were deflected leading him to his theory that most of the atom was made up of 'empty space'.

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