what is an electron? what is j j thosmon experiment of cathode ray,what thing mentioned in there theory?
Electrons accelerated to high velocities travel in straight lines through an empty cathode ray tube and strike the glass wall of the tube, causing excited atoms to fluoresce or glow. Researchers realized that something was traveling from the anode when objects placed in the tube in front of it could cast a shadow on the glowing wall. Cathode rays carry electronic currents through the tube. Electrons were first discovered as the constituents of cathode rays. J.J. Thomson used the cathode ray tube to determine that atoms had small negatively charged particles inside of them, which he called “electrons.”
J.J. Thomson's experiments with cathode ray tubes showed that all atoms contain tiny negatively charged subatomic particles or electrons.
