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Which landmark experiment decisively rejected the "Plum-Pudding" atomic model and introduced the conAtomic Structure Chemistry Question

Question

Which landmark experiment decisively rejected the "Plum-Pudding" atomic model and introduced the concept of a dense, centrally located nucleus?

Answer: C

💡 Solution & Explanation

Rutherford's $\alpha$ -scattering experiment showed that most of an atom's mass and its positive charge are concentrated in a tiny central nucleus, disproving Thomson's plum-pudding model where mass and charge were thought to be uniformly distributed. [48-50, 62]

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