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Who named the negatively charged particles present in cathode rays as electrons ?
Who named the negatively charged particles present in cathode rays as electrons ?
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The correct option is B Stoney
J J Thomson measured the mass of cathode rays, showing they were made of particles, but were around 1800 times lighter than the lightest atom, hydrogen. Therefore, they were not atoms, but a new particle, the first subatomic particle to be discovered, which he originally called corpuscle but was later named electron, after particles postulated by George Johnstone Stoney in 1874.
J J Thomson measured the mass of cathode rays, showing they were made of particles, but were around 1800 times lighter than the lightest atom, hydrogen. Therefore, they were not atoms, but a new particle, the first subatomic particle to be discovered, which he originally called corpuscle but was later named electron, after particles postulated by George Johnstone Stoney in 1874.
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