The gold foil used in Rutherford's experiment was _____ atoms thick.

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Solution

Rutherford's gold foil experiment led to the discovery of nucleus.
He used metal gold as it is very malleable and could be made in to very thin sheet and the one used by him was about 1000 atoms thick.
Therefore, the gold foil used in Rutherford's experiment was 1000 atoms thick.

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