Rutherford’s theory was identified by

Rutherford’s nuclear model was developed from the gold foil experiment. He directed a beam of alpha particles at thin gold foil and observed how the particles scattered; the unexpected large deflections showed that atoms contain a small, dense, positively charged nucleus. Thus the correct choice is A, using a particle beam and detecting its scattering after it hit gold foil.

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