Why did Rutherford use a gold foil...??

1.	Why did Rutherford use a gold foil...??
Answer» It is not malleable it is ductile .due to its ductility he used gold foil Rutherford used gold for his scattering experiment because gold is the most malleable metal and he wanted the thinnest layer as possible.The gold sheet used was around 1000 atoms thick.Therefore, Rutherford selected a Gold foil in his alpha scatttering experiment.

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