J.J.Thompson
J.J. Thomson discovered that cathode rays are made up of negatively charged particles. He conducted experiments using cathode ray tubes and found that the rays were deflected by electric and magnetic fields in a manner consistent with the presence of negatively charged particles.
The beam bending towards the positively charged plate indicates that the cathode rays are negatively charged. This observation led Thomson to conclude that the cathode rays are made up of negatively charged particles, which we now know as electrons.
Particles are smaller
electrons are not bent, they can't be as they are point particles occupying no volume. they are attracted to positive charges. the electron beam (aka cathode rays) are bent toward the positively charged plate.
Cathode rays, which are streams of electrons emitted from the cathode in a cathode ray tube, carry a negative charge because electrons themselves are negatively charged subatomic particles. The cathode, typically made of a material that can emit electrons when heated or struck by high-energy photons, releases these electrons into the vacuum of the tube. As a result, the flow of these electrons towards the positively charged anode creates the characteristic behavior of cathode ray tubes. Thus, the negative charge of cathode rays is intrinsic to the nature of electrons.
J.J. Thomson used cathode ray tube experiments to support his hypothesis that atoms contain smaller charged particles. He observed that cathode rays, which were streams of negatively charged particles (later known as electrons), were deflected by electric and magnetic fields, indicating that they had mass and charge. This led him to conclude that atoms were not indivisible, as previously thought, but instead composed of smaller charged components. His work ultimately contributed to the development of the "plum pudding" model of the atom.
When J.J. Thomson placed a pair of charged metal plates on either side of the glass tube, the cathode ray beam (consisting of electrons) was deflected. The negatively charged electrons were repelled by the negatively charged plate and attracted towards the positively charged plate, causing the beam to bend towards the positive plate. This experiment demonstrated that cathode rays were made up of negatively charged particles, leading to the discovery of the electron.
Thomson's cathode-ray tube experiment helped scientists understand that electrons are negatively charged particles within atoms. This experiment contributed to the development of the plum pudding model of the atom, which proposed that electrons are embedded in a positively charged sphere within the atom.
Thomson concluded that cathode rays are made up of negatively charged particles, which he called electrons. He determined that these electrons are a fundamental component of matter and have a much smaller mass compared to atoms.
The electron was first discovered by J.J. Thomson in 1897 through experiments with cathode rays. He observed that these rays were made up of negatively charged particles, which he called electrons.
Colloidal particles have ab electrical charge that will repel all other similarly charged colloidal particles. However, these charged particles will attract particles of opposite charge. Therefore, a negative colloid can be made to coagulate (begin to settle out) by adding to it positively charged particles.
J.J. Thomson used cathode ray tubes to prove the existence of electrons.