Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What was the main outcome of goldfoil experiment?

  1. existence of nucleus at centre of atom

  2. existence of neutron

  3. existence of proton

  4. existence of electron
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The gold foil experiment's main outcome was discovering that atoms have a small, dense, positively charged nucleus at their center, with most of the atom being empty space. This revolutionized atomic theory. Neutrons, protons, and electrons were either discovered later or through different experiments - the nucleus itself was the key discovery here.

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