Rutherford scattering
noun
: a scattering of alpha particles on passage through thin metal foils in an angular distribution that indicates a concentration of positive charge at the atomic nucleus
Word History
Etymology
after Baron Ernest Rutherford
First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
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