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Who measured the size of the nucleus first?(a) Bohr(b) Einstein(c) Rutherford(d) Geiger and MarsdenI had been asked this question in a national level competition.Question is taken from Size of the Nucleus in portion Nucleus of Physics – Class 12

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Correct choice is (c) Rutherford

The explanation: Rutherford was the form to measure the size of the nuclei of an atom by 1911. He discovered that these were about 10^4 TIMES smaller than the ATOMS that constituted them and this was due to the fascinating way that the alpha particles scattered from metal foils.



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