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- After the discovery of nucleus in an atom, Rutherford found that the fast moving α-particles transmuted nitrogen into oxygen with simultaneous liberation of hydrogen. \(_7^{14}N +_2^4\alpha \longrightarrow ^{17}_8O + _1^1H\)
- He further showed that other elements could also be transmuted similarly and hydrogen was always emitted in the process.
- Based on these observations, he proposed that the hydrogen nucleus must be contained inside nuclei of all the elements. Hence, he renamed hydrogen nucleus as proton.
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