What was Rutherford's Original Hypothesis Rutherford model of an atom Rutherford and his co-workers made a fundamental contribution in understanding the structure of the atom and establishing the presence of a small nucleus in the atom. They performed a number of experiments known as scattering experiments. They took very thin sheets of gold foil (only 4 × 10–5 cm thick) and … [Read more...] about What was Rutherford’s Original Hypothesis