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neutrons:-
If the same experiment is carried out using a foil of metal other than gold, it would not have
affected the observations of experiment as the structure of atom is same for all states of atom.
However, if a thick foil is used, then more alpha particles would have bounced back. As a result,
no idea about the location of nucleus and presence of empty space in an atom would be available
with such certainty.