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In 1897 Thomson set out to prove that the cathode rays produced from the cathode were actually a stream of negatively charged particles called electrons.
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Performed a series of experiments in 1897 designed to study the nature of electric discharge in a high-vacuum cathode-ray tube.Thomson discovered electrons and noticed that an atom can be divided. Also, he concluded atoms are made of positive cores and negatively charged particles within it.
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To test the properties of the particles,Thomson placed two opposite charged electric plates around the cathode ray. The cathode ray was deflected away from the negatively-charged electric plate and towards the positively-charged plate. This indicated that the cathode ray was composed of negatively-charged particles.
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J.J. Thomson discovered the electron by experimenting cathode ray tube. He demonstrated that cathode rays were negatively charged.
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