In Rutherford's gold foil experiment, most alpha particles passed through the gold foil without deflection and were detected on the screen due to empty space in the atoms present in the gold foil.
The atom consists of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons which move round this nucleus in orbits.
The rest of the atom is mostly empty space. The presence of this empty space explains why most alpha particles passed through the gold foil without deflection and were detected on the screen.
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