Question

Protons were discovered by

A Goldstein Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Rutherford Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Thompson Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Chadwick Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

In 1911 Ernest Rutherford who performed many experiments to explore radioactivity did an experiment in which he discovered that the atom must have a concentrated positive centre charge that contains most of the atom’s mass. He suggested that the nucleus contained a particle with a positive charge the proton.

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