Description
Rutherford used gold foil and alpha particles to prove the nucleus exists, yet a textbook gives you one diagram. Rutherford Scattering lets you fire the particles yourself, and changing the proton and neutron counts bends the trajectories differently, which is exactly how the nucleus was inferred.
Switch to the plum pudding model for comparison and keep trace lines to see why it cannot explain large-angle scattering.
Fire particles: Set the energy and watch particles pass through or bounce back.
Change the nucleus: Proton and neutron counts are adjustable and deflection follows.
Model comparison: Toggle between the Rutherford and plum pudding models.
Single-file offline use: One HTML file that opens in any browser, no connection needed.
Switch to the plum pudding model for comparison and keep trace lines to see why it cannot explain large-angle scattering.
Features
Fire particles: Set the energy and watch particles pass through or bounce back.
Change the nucleus: Proton and neutron counts are adjustable and deflection follows.
Model comparison: Toggle between the Rutherford and plum pudding models.
Single-file offline use: One HTML file that opens in any browser, no connection needed.
