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racastilho (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Good point, but I was thinking of solid balls with gaps between them. The alpha particles to pass through the gaps, not throught the atmos themselves...
Thanks for your reply!
Gazzar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If the atoms more closely resembled the solid balls then all of the alpha particles would rebound. If the atoms were comprised mostly of empty space with a solid nucleus in the middle then most of the alpha particles would pass straight through and only a few would, by chance, hit the nucleus and rebound - which is what happened. Hence the nucleus model was accepted in favour of the solid amorphous blob model.
Achmed1787 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol this is actually all i ahevt o see for my physics and chemistry test
wcwashington (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
hmmm take two years to brainstorm that question just like they did.
racastilho (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Why did they discard the possibility of the atoms being indeed solid, hard balls, and that the empty space between them was the cause for the alpha particles go through the gold plate?
pirskwayrd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
when you touch the wall you can no longer speak about you or the wall, only the "you-wall" system. the electrons floating around in you and in the wall may freely exchange, this is how you gain/lose charge.
think of why you ground yourself by touching metal before you open up your computer.
kristmist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm so curious what the next significant invention will be...!!
RJL738 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Even with the uncertainty principle, electrons are particle-like in nature and the shells are just very complex 3-dimentional orbits, meening they can't get much closer/further from the nucleus but they can go in any other direction. Also they go at roughly 90% the speed of light. Even though not nearly as much, their is also an amount of space between the protons/nuetrons.
rusurazvan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i still dont get it, he says just a part of atoms get throught but th eother part ot, that means we left a part of us int the wall?
pirskwayrd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No, that's because the outter shell of every atom is comprised of electrons which all have a negative charge. Like charges repel. |
