500 7D50.10 Rutherford scattering 7D50.10 Balls roll down a ramp onto a potential surface to model Rutherford scattering.
Balls roll down an incline onto a scattering surface.
Eighteen pockets ring the surface. Ink dipped balls are rolled down an incline toward a clear plastic potential hill on an overhead projector stage. A magnet pendulum is repulsed by the pole of a vertical electromagnet. Orbits can be demonstrated in the attracting case. An electromagnet pendulum suspended from an aluminum rod swings by an electromagnet on the table.