Rutherford's experiments,in which he bombarded a very thin gold foil with alpha particles,showed that
A)all of the $\alpha$ particles passed through the foil without significant deflection.
B)none of the $\alpha$ particles were able to penetrate the foil.
C)all of the $\alpha$ particles passed through the foil and were deflected through large angles.
D)most of the $\alpha$ particles passed through the foil with negligible deflection but some were deflected through large angles.
E)the $\alpha$ particles were linearly polarized after passing through the foil.

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Rutherford's experiment showed that while most of the alpha particles passed through the gold foil with negligible deflection, some were deflected through large angles. This suggested that the positive charge in the atom was concentrated in a small, dense nucleus, rather than being spread throughout the atom as was previously believed. This discovery led to the development of the modern model of the atom.

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