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 * ERNEST RUTHERFORDS BELIEFS.
 * Ernest Ritherford believed that atoms were mostly empty space. He believed that there was a nucleus and that the space between that and the electrons was empty space in which nothing present.
 * He also believed that the nuclei in additon to containing the mass and positive charge was orbited by negatively charged electrons.
 * He also suggested the existance of neutrons in the nucleus.


 * Ernest Rutherford tested this theory by setting up an experiment where he bombarded a sheet of gold foil with alpha particles.
 * These alpha particles went straight through the gold foil proving that the atom is mostly empty space but he also found that th[[image:govs_pic.gif width="128" height="127" align="left"]]re was a nucleus which conta[[image:him.jpg width="110" height="137" align="left"]]ined a highly concentrated positive charge. [[image:goldfoil_pic.jpg width="373" height="154" align="left"]]