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because Thomson saw the ray move from the cathode to the anode so the particles have negatively charge

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When J.J. Thompson studied cathode ray tubes in 1895, he realized that the resulting rays were little more than streams of negatively charged particles. By bending the rays with a magnetic source and then measuring energy of the rays he could deduce the average mass per charge ratio of the particles in the tube. The ratio he uncovered was over a thousand times smaller than the known ratio of a hydrogen ion (aka proton) meaning it most be orders of magnitude smaller. This particle turns out to be what is now known as the electron.

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Thomson discovered in 1897 the electron and his negative electrical charge; from this Thomson concluded that the atom is not indivisible and also that the atom must contain and a positive charged particle.

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It showed that atoms are composed of smaller particles called electrons, of which the cathode ray is composed.

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