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How electrons was discovered?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 2/9/2022

In 1897 J.J.Thomson conducted an experiment in which he took a discharge tube with very less gas molecules in it.When he connected a cathode and an anode, some particles which he called cathode rays passed from the cathode to anode.

OBSERVATION:

@when a negative and positive plate were kept, the negative plate repelled the rays while the positive one attracted them. This means the ray's particles are negatively charged. @if a paddle wheel was kept in the path of the ray, the wheel started rotating, which means, these particles have energy.

@if an object and screen were kept, the shadow of the object fell on the screen after a green glow.This means these particles always move in a straight line.

It was then discovered by J.J.Thomson that these particles were electrons!

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