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Did you know? In 1909 Rutherford fired alpha particles at a thin gold foil. Most passed straight through — but a few bounced back at 180°. Rutherford said: "as if you fired a bomb at a tissue and it came back at you". Atoms turned out to be almost entirely empty.

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In 1909 Rutherford fired alpha particles at a thin gold foil. Most passed straight through — but a few bounced back at 180°. Rutherford said: "as if you fired a bomb at a tissue and it came back at you". Atoms turned out to be almost entirely empty.

In 1909 schoot Rutherford alfa-deeltjes door een dunne goudfolie. De meeste gingen er recht doorheen — maar enkele kaatsten 180° terug. Rutherford zei: "alsof je een bom afvuurt op een tissue en het ding terugkomt in je gezicht". Atomen bleken vrijwel leeg te zijn.

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