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they aren't. cathode rays are charged electrons, light is uncharged photons.
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Why is the beam of light called a cathode ray?
Cathode rays are beams of electrons.
How do scientists detect cathode rays?
Cathode rays are found in vacuum tubes. Scientists are able to view them when they are a negative cathode because they emit a light and can glow.
Is a cathode-ray tube and an iconoscope the same thing?
No. A cathode ray tube uses cathode rays to (among other things) scan a phospher and generate an image. An iconoscope is similar, in that its uses cathode rays to scan, but it scans a light sensitive area so, instead of generating an image, the iconoscope scans an image. It is a television camera, instead of a television set, so to speak.
What was Thompson working with when he discovered the cathode rays?
Thomson discovered cathode rays when he was working with electrons. He was performing experiments with the electrons when one of them became electrically charged and a beam of light came from it, this creating a cathode ray.
Cathode rays were found to be made of protons.?
Cathode rays are electrons.
Cathode rays were shown to be a stream of?
Cathode rays are electrons.
What are the uses of Cathode Rays and Anode Rays?
cathode rays can emit electrons anode can collect them
What is the charge of the particle in cathode rays?
Cathode rays are attracted to the positive charge on the anode! They are repelled by the negative charge on the cathode.
What is the modern day name for cathode rays?
Cathode rays are electron beams.
How do negatively charged plates affect the path of cathode rays?
negatively charged plates affect the path of cathode rays by repealing the cathode rays.
Is cathode rays are material particles?
The cathode ray is a stream of electrons.
In cathode ray tube cathode and anode rays travel opposite to each other but they are not neutralized. why?
There is no such thing as anode rays. The cathode rays (aka electron beam) just travels from cathode to anode.
