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Standard XII
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The Photon Model
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Who discovered the cathode rays ?
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Electrons were discovered as the constituents of cathode rays in 1897 by British
physicist J. J.
Thomson
. He showed the rays were composed of a previously unknown negatively charged particle, which was later called the electron.
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