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Most alpha particles passed through gold foil, showing that
Aatom is mostly empty
Batom is a solid sphere
Celectrons are heavy
Dnucleus is negative
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. atom is mostly empty
Undeflected passage means the atom is mostly empty space.
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