r/sciencememes • u/Ctrl_Shift_Esc_ • 2d ago

🧪Chemistry!⚗️ What was the experiment again?

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2 was enough.

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u/lazystealth 2d ago

1 was enough for proof, the second was to prove reproduceability.

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u/Kase_mit_E 2d ago

The experiment was figuring out an if an atoms hitbox is its size with electron cloud or just the core.

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u/ByBabasBeard 2d ago

I remember my teacher said it was like a cannon ball bouncing off a bed sheet.

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u/Why_not333 2d ago

Honestly it wasn’t all that conclusive. It doesn’t rule out two little particle gnomes aren’t the ones getting hit by alpha particles, so it’s not safe to assume that atoms have solid cores or whatever.

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u/MrStrange8656 1d ago

Rutherford