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JJ Thomson discovered electrons using a cathode ray tube.
Thomson was experimenting with currents of electricity inside empty glass tubes.
Charge on the electron.
The deflection of cathodic rays was the source of inspiration for Thomson.
English Physicist J.J. Thomson (1856-1940)
No. JJ Thomson's experiments with cathode rays lead to the discovery of the electron.
J.J. Thomson discovered the electron studying the deflection of cathode rays.
After experiments with cathode rays Thomson discovered that these rays are deflected in an electrical field; and from this he proposed the existence of electrons.
Cathode rays were discovered by JJ Thomson and carry a negative charge Anode rays were discovered by Goldstein and carry a positive charge.
The immaterial nature and the aetherial hypothesis of cathode rays were proved wrong by J. J. Thomson. He concluded that the rays were comprised of particles. His entire works can be divided into three different experiments. In the first, the magnetic effect on cathode rays was studied while in the second, the rays were deflected by an electric field.
J.J. Thomson studied the deflection of cathode rays in electric and magnetic fields.
Cathode Rays
The cathode rays were deflected.
its negatively charged particles of matter,Thomson knew that opposites attract but these the positive charged anode,so he reasoned that the paticles must be negatively charged! : )! Wooooo! Go J.J Thomson
JJ Thomson discovered electrons using a cathode ray tube.
Thomson appreciated in 1897 that the cathode rays are formed from negative electrically charged very small particles. These particles are the electrons. From this Thomson concluded that the atom is not indivisible and also that the atom must contain and a positive charged particle.
they are deflected toward positive terminal in an electric field