In the Rutherford experiment,for a head-on collision of $\alpha$-particles with a gold nucleus,the impact parameter is:

  • A
    of the order of $10^{-10} \ m$
  • B
    zero
  • C
    of the order of $10^{-6} \ m$
  • D
    of the order of $10^{-14} \ m$

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