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J.J Thompson in 1897 demonstrated that cathode rays are composed of tiny, negatively charged subatomic particles called electrons.

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What charge does the subatomic partomic particle the Thompson discovered have?

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J.J. Thomson discovered electrons are negative by conducting experiments with cathode rays in vacuum tubes. He observed how the rays were attracted to a positively charged plate, leading him to conclude that the particles in the rays carried a negative charge, which he named electrons.


What is the negative charge in atoms?

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