Rutherford Scattering

Type of activity: demo

Activity code: 00000

Description:

"How did Rutherford figure out the structure of the atom without being able to see it? Simulate the famous experiment in which he disproved the Plum Pudding model of the atom by observing alpha particles bouncing off atoms and determining that they must have a small core."

PhET Interactive Simulations
University of Colorado Boulder
https://phet.colorado.edu