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J.J. Thomson

J.J. Thomson . By: Manny Gill, and Harmandeep Gill . Personal Story . December,18,1856- August,30,1940. Born in Cheetham Hill Manchester. 1906 won a Nobel Prize in Physics. Age 14 went to Owen college 1870 George Paget Thomson won Nobel Prize . Area of Study.

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J.J. Thomson

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  1. J.J. Thomson By: Manny Gill, and Harmandeep Gill

  2. Personal Story • December,18,1856- August,30,1940. • Born in Cheetham Hill Manchester. • 1906 won a Nobel Prize in Physics. • Age 14 went to Owen college 1870 • George Paget Thomson won Nobel Prize

  3. Area of Study • Built a cathode-ray tube • Electrometer to measure electrical charge. • Used magnet to see the charge from the rays. • Negative charge was smaller particles than atom. • Positive and negative charges have to balance.

  4. Idea of the Atom • Plum Pudding

  5. Major Scientific Contribution • Discovered the electron (corpuscle) • Discovered isotopes. • Hydrogen has one electron per atom

  6. Bibliography • http://library.thinkquest.org/28582/history/plum.htm • http://www.biography.com/people/jj-thomson-40039?page=3 • http://www.biography.com/people/jj-thomson-40039?page=3 • http://www.helium.com/items/213486-how-jj-thompson-discovered-the-electron

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