What did most of the particles that Rutherford shot at the gold foil do? What was the surprising behavior of a few of the particles? What did he determine?

Explanation:

Rutherford gold experiment gave the explanation to some observations made on atoms.

When he shot the gold foil, most of the -particles passes through the foil undeflected nor absorbed. This faction of the particles propagated the foil as if there was nothing placed on their path.

The surprising behavior of a few of the -particles was that they were deflected from their initial path on hitting the gold foil.

This implies that there is a part of the gold foil which has the same charge as the -particles, and more massive than the particles. Thus, he was able to determine the nucleus of an atom.

the old alchemists made significant contributions to science even though there starting premises were off a bit. their conclusions after failure would steer them into better directions for investigation. science is no more than close observation and the initial mistakes result in rethinking and retrying experiments.

the atomic mass is the bottom number on the element.

-steel jelly