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Rutherford directed alpha particles at a thin foil of:

AGold
BIron
CLead
DZinc
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Gold
1. He wanted as thin a layer as possible. 2. The metal had to be beaten very fine. 3. He used a gold foil. _Source: syllabus Science, Ch 4 'Structure of the Atom'_
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