Multiple Choice
Most alpha particles fired at a gold foil pass through undeflected because the
A) electric field is zero inside the gold.
B) gold atoms,unlike most other metal atoms,are relatively far apart.
C) atoms of gold,like any others,are mostly empty space.
D) net charge of the gold atoms is zero.
E) none of these
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