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What observations did Rutherford led to conclude that the nucleus of atom is very small with heavy mass?

What observations did Rutherford led to
conclude that the nucleus of atom is very small with heavy mass?

During the α-scattering experiment conducted by Rutherford, only very few, almost 1 in 20,000-100,000 particles bounced back. 

Hence, we can conclude from this that, the atom has positively charged particles that deflected the +ve α-particles, but that positive charge is concentrated in a very very small area compared to the atom itself, such that, it completely deflects the very few particles.

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