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Which of the following statements is correct for alpha particle scattering experiment?

Q1

Which of the following statements is correct for alpha particle scattering experiment?

a

For angle of scattering \(\theta \approx 0\), the impact parameter is small.

b

For angle of scattering \(\theta ≃\pi\), the impact parameter is large.

c

The number of alpha particles undergoing head-on collision is small.

d

The experiment provides an estimate of the upper limit to the size of target atom.

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