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-Particles can be detected using:

  1. A
    thin aluminium sheet
  2. B
    barium sulphate
  3. C
    zinc sulphide screen
  4. D
    gold foil.

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-particles cause scintillation (flashes of light) when they strike a screen coated with zinc sulphide (). This property was notably used in the Rutherford Gold Foil experiment to track the path of alpha particles.

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-Particles can be detected using:
A
thin aluminium sheet
B
barium sulphate
C
zinc sulphide screen
D
gold foil.

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