The Scientist Whose Alpha-Particle Scattering Experiment Led Him to Conclude

question 33

Multiple Choice

The scientist whose alpha-particle scattering experiment led him to conclude that the nucleus of an atom contains a dense center of positive charge is

• A)J.J.Thomson
• B)Lord Kelvin
• C)Ernest Rutherford
• D)William Thomson
• E)John Dalton

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