The element magnesium has significantly fewer protons and neutrons than gold. If you were to use Mg in place of Au in the Rutherford experiment, how would you predict the results from the experiment to change? How does the size of the nucleus change with the number of protons and neutrons?
A) The center spot would be smaller and the alpha particle scattering would be the same.
B) The center spot would be smaller and the alpha particle scattering would be reduced.
C) There would be no change.
D) The center spot would be larger and there would be more alpha particle scattering.
