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What is the source of alpha particles in the Rutherford Scattering experiment?
Question Date: 2013-05-06
Answer 1:

The alpha particles in Rutherford's experiment were sourced by radon-222, which was a decay product of radium (mainly radium-226, the most stable isotope).



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