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The discovery of cathode rays led to a vast field of practical application in Electronics. The glow produced by the fast moving electrons on a fluorescent screen led to its use in radar and television. The oscilloscope has many points in common wit..

When the pressure in the discharge tube is less than 10 - 4 mm of Hg, the discharge tube starts showing fluorescence. When this fluorescence was investigated, it was found that the fluorescence consisted of beams of negatively charged electrons. These electrons emanate normally from the cathod..

In 1885, Sir William Crookes carried out a series of investigations into the behaviour of metals heated in a vacuum. The experiment of Crookes and others showed that a heated cathode produced a stream of radiation, which could cause gases at low pressure to glow and which, make..

(c) Cathode rays get deflected in the magnetic field. Figure (c) above shows a beam of cathode rays being deflected by the magnetic field. By applying 'Flemings left hand rule' we can also prove that they are negatively charged particles. Cathode ..

In 1885, Sir William Crookes carried out a series of investigations into the behaviour of metals heated in a vacuum. The experiment of Crookes and others showed that a heated cathode produced a stream of radiation, which could cause gases at low pressure to glow and which,..

> atm by evacuating some of the gas with the help of vacuum pump, through the side tube. When the pressure in the discharge tube was further reduced, the residual gas continued to conduct electricity but its light emission flow became weaker and finally stopped flowing at about 10 - 4 atm pressure...

Electron - Discharge Tube experiments These experiments were conducted in detail by J.J. Thomson and he studied the passage of electricity through gases at extremely low pressure in a cylindrical glass tube. It was discovered that at extremely low pressure, gases be..

In 1896, the phenomenon of radioactivity was accidentally discovered by French scientist Henri Becquerel. He was performing experiments with uranium compounds. He accidentally placed a crystal of potassium uranyl sulphate over photographic plate wrapped with usual black paper. On develo..

In 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German physicist observed, while doing some experiments with the discharge tube, that when cathode rays are allowed to fall on a metal target called anticathode placed in their path, a new kind of rays are produced. T..

X-Rays - In 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German physicist observed, while doing some experiments with the discharge tube, that when cathode rays are allowed to fall on a metal target called anticathode placed in their path, a new kind of rays ar..