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What is the name of the process by which electrons are released from a hot cathode?
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thermionic emission
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What is modern name for cathode rays?
A modern day name for cathode rays is an electrons.
What was the name of the scientist who was credited with the discovery of the cathode ray?
James chadwick
What was the name of jj equipment (experiment) he did?
it was electrons
What is the name of the areas in which electrons are located in an atom?
those areas, where electrons are located in an atom, are called ORBITS
What is static electricity other name?
stadic electrons
What is modern name for cathode rays?
A modern day name for cathode rays is an electrons.
What is the modern-day name for cathode rays?
I dunno if I'm right but I think it is called electrons. I mean, electrons were in cathode Rays and were bent by a magnet right?
What is the modern day name for cathode ray tube?
The Cathode Ray Tube is called CRT, but I don't know of any "modern day" name. I know it was discovered by J.J. Thomson, who discovered electrons through the Cathode Ray Tube.
What is the direction of current in picture tube of TV?
A cathode ray tube (CRT) emits light when electrons strike the front of the glass tube that is covered in a phosphor coating. The front of the tube is the anode of the tube. The electrons are fired from the rear of the tube by an electrode called the cathode. The electrons are formed into a beam or ray, hence the name of cathode ray tube. Although the electrons travel from the rear of the tube to the front, or from the cathode to the anode, conventional current actually flows the opposite direction. So, the current, as measured in amps will flow from the anode to the cathode.
What prompted early scientists to propose that the ray of the cathode ray tube was due to the cathode?
The electron had already been discovered. It took little imagination to "see" that the cathode ray was the beam of electrons that originated from the cathode. And the beam was controlled using techniques based directly on what was correctly understood about the electron. The cathode ray could only be an electron beam generated at the cathode. Conventional elctric current flow is usually thought of as flowing from positive to negative, but at the quantum level; due to electrons having a negative charge; technically they really flow from negative to positive, and this is apparent in the cathode ray tube. Its the negatively charged electrons that glow in a cathode ray tube, and do so from the negative terminal, or cathode, hence the name.
What is a modern day name for cathode?
Cathode is a name used also today.
Why are electrons called electrons?
Because the name used to be "Corpuscles" as when J.J. Thompson called it using his cathode ray tube experiment, but the name was later renamed to electron. "elec" I think has something to do with negative charge and "tron" is the regular ending of a name of a particle in an atom.
How emission of electrons in vacuum tubes?
A heated metal in a vacuum with an electrical charge can emit electrons. The filament is the part of the tube that gets hot. Some tubes use electrons emitted from the filament. Others use the filament to heat a metal cathode, causing it to emit electrons. The electrons flow to a positively charged "plate" electrode through the vacuum.
What is the modern day name for cathode rays?
Cathode rays are electron beams.
Name of one electrode and say is positive or negative?
The Cathode is the negative electrode; the anode is the positive electrode
What is the name given to the process in mammals when an egg is released?
This process is called ovulation.
What is the old name of cathode rays?
canal rays
