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Rutherford's alpha-particle experiment was responsible for the discovery Of Atomic Nucleus. Emest Rutherford's most famous experiment is the gold foil experiment. A beam of alpha particles was aimed at a piece of gold foil. Most alpha particles passed through the foil, but a few were scattered backward. This showed that most of the atom is empty space surrounding a tiny nucleus.