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Rutherford performed the gold foil experiment that provided a new insight into structure of an atom. Their findings were not recognised by the scientific community of that time.

Still this did not deter him from making further path breaking discoveries.

(i) What kind of person was Rutherford?

(ii) What was the conclusion of the gold foil experiment?

Answer:

(i) Remain undaunted even, if other did not recognise the validity of research, to go ahead with what he believed is true inspite of opposition.

(ii) Rutherford concluded that the most of the mass and the entire positive charge of the atom must be concentrated in a tiny central core of the atom.