When J J Thomson Discovered the Electron, What Physical Property of the of the Electron

question 86

Multiple Choice

When J. J. Thomson discovered the electron, what physical property of the electron did he measure

• A) its charge, e
• B) its charge-to-mass ratio, e/m
• C) its temperature, T
• D) its mass, m
• E) its atomic number, Z

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