Discuss what observations convinced Rutherford that the nucleus was very small and dense

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Alpha scattering from heavy nuclei produced much more backscattering than would be expected from a diffuse nuclear cloud. Only a dense compact nucleus of positive charge could account for the scattering at large angles.

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