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what made Thomson conclude that all atoms must contain electrons?

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In his experiment the collected beam at anode is negatively charge and as the metal are electrically neutral so the metal ions are postively charged and hence concluded electrons are negatively charged and all atoms must contains electrons as all the atoms are electrically neutral.

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