When α particles are passed through a thin metal foil, most of them go straight through the foil because of _______.
The empty space present in atom
The high speed
Positive charge
Negative charge
From the above, it is clear that when α-particles are passed through a thin metal foil, most of them go straight through the foil because of the empty space present in the atom. Therefore option 1 is correct.
Limitations of Rutherford’s Model of the Atom:
As Rutherford’s Model suggests electrons always revolve around the nucleus.
From the point of mechanics, it is okay as Coulomb's force provides the necessary centripetal force.
But according to Maxwell’s equation of electromagnetism, this revolving electron continuously emits radiation at all temperatures.
This energy spends ultimately makes an electron fall on the nucleus. But in the real case hydrogen is very stable nor emit any energy.