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How are electrons, protons, and neutrons related to Taylor's contribution in Physics?
He discovered their existence
He identified their charge
They were integral to his Nobel prize-winning investigation
They were not directly relevant
Answer
They were integral to his Nobel prize-winning investigation of the scattering of alpha particles by atoms. In this experiment, Taylor and his team bombarded gold foil with alpha particles and observed that some of the alpha particles were deflected back at the source. This result was unexpected, as it was thought that alpha particles would pass through the gold foil without being deflected.
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