What did Rutherford discover about the structure of atoms in 1911?
Atoms are mostly empty space
Atoms have their charge concentrated in a small nucleus
Atoms are indivisible
Atoms contain electrons
Answer
In 1911, Rutherford theorized that atoms have their charge concentrated in a very small nucleus. This was a groundbreaking discovery that led to the development of the Rutherford model of the atom.
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