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Cathode ray

Cathode rays are streams of electrons observed in discharge tubes. If an evacuated glass tube is equipped with two electrodes and a voltage is applied, glass behind the positive electrode is observed to glow, due to electrons emitted from the cathode (the electrode connected to the negative terminal of the voltage supply). They were first observed in…

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related to Lenard window · 17
Cathode ray → Crookes, Geissler, He, Holding, Later, Lenard, Lenard's, Nobel Prize, November, Philipp Lenard, Physics, Röntgen, See, Since, The, Wilhelm Röntgen, X-rays
related to Discovery of the electron · 16
Cathode ray → Arthur Schuster, At, Crookes, During, Eilhard Wiedemann, George Johnstone Stoney, German, Goldstein, He, Heinrich Hertz, It, The, There, Therefore, Thomson, What
related to Properties · 11
Cathode ray → British, Cromwell Varley, Crookes, During, Eugen Goldstein, German, Heinrich Hertz, The, There, Thomson, Wiedemann
related to Cathode rays · 10
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related to Description · 10
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related to Magnetic deflection · 9
Cathode ray → Both, Crookes, Faraday's, Lorentz, North, South, The, This, To
related to Vacuum tubes · 9
Cathode ray → Crookes, Goldstein, Hittorf, John Ambrose Fleming, Over, Pa, The, These, Thomas Edison
related to Spectral shift · 8
Cathode ray → Crookes, Doppler, Eugen Goldstein, He, If, It, Since, This
related to Wave-particle duality · 8
Cathode ray → Alexander Reid, Broglie, Davisson, George Paget Thomson, Germer, Louis, The, Thomson's
related to Electrostatic deflection · 7
Cathode ray → Cathode, CRT, He, Heinrich Hertz, If, Later Arthur Schuster, This

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cathode rays tube electrons anode crookes tubes atoms electric voltage glow particles vacuum could first gas called later negative field

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radio transmittersinstance ofand is still used in some applications0.80text
zinc sulfideinstance ofLater researchers painted the inside back wall with fluorescent chemicals0.80text
to make the glow more visible.Cathode rays themselves are invisibleinstance ofLater researchers painted the inside back wall with fluorescent chemicals0.80text
but this accidental fluorescence allowed researchers to notice that objects in the tube in front of the cathodeinstance ofLater researchers painted the inside back wall with fluorescent chemicals0.80text
such as the anodeinstance ofLater researchers painted the inside back wall with fluorescent chemicals0.80text
cast sharp-edged shadows on the glowing back wallinstance ofLater researchers painted the inside back wall with fluorescent chemicals0.80text
krytrons.In 1906instance ofThe ionization method of creating cathode rays used in Crookes tubes is today only used in a few specialized gas discharge tubes0.80text
Lee De Forest found that a small voltage on a grid of metal wires between the cathodeinstance ofThe ionization method of creating cathode rays used in Crookes tubes is today only used in a few specialized gas discharge tubes0.80text
anode could control a current in a beam of cathode rays passing through a vacuum tubeinstance ofThe ionization method of creating cathode rays used in Crookes tubes is today only used in a few specialized gas discharge tubes0.80text
electron microscopesinstance ofelectron beams are employed in sophisticated devices0.80text
electron beam lithographyinstance ofelectron beams are employed in sophisticated devices0.80text
particle acceleratorsinstance ofelectron beams are employed in sophisticated devices0.80text

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