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    The electron was discovered in 1897 by J.J. Thomson through experiments with cathode rays. The proton was first observed as "positive rays" and given its name in 1920, though its existence and role in balancing the atom's charge was hypothesized earlier by scientists like Rutherford based on discoveries of other subatomic particles. Rutherford discovered alpha rays from uranium in 1899 and later showed they were helium nuclei, and by 1914 proposed atoms had small, dense, positively charged nuclei surrounded by electrons.

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    The electron was discovered in 1897 by J.J. Thomson through experiments with cathode rays. The proton was first observed as "positive rays" and given its name in 1920, though its existence and role in balancing the atom's charge was hypothesized earlier by scientists like Rutherford based on discoveries of other subatomic particles. Rutherford discovered alpha rays from uranium in 1899 and later showed they were helium nuclei, and by 1914 proposed atoms had small, dense, positively charged nuclei surrounded by electrons.

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    Inorganic
    Chemistry/The
    Discoveries of
    Electrons, Protons
    and Neutrons
    < Inorganic Chemistry

    The Discovery of the


    Electrons Protons and
    Neutrons
    The Electron was discovered in 1897, by
    the British physicist J. J. Thomson , using
    a cathode rays while doing discharge tube
    experiments. Thomson also determined
    e/m, ratio of the charge e to the mass m of
    the material particle which constituted
    these rays. Note that the first clues that
    the electron existed were first noticed by
    German physicist Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
    in 1869 when he discovered that the glow
    emitted from the cathode that increased in
    size with decrease in gas pressure. Hittorf
    was studding the electrical conductivity in
    rarefied gases.
    The particle first named "corpuscles" by
    Thomson, it was later renamed "proton" by
    a proposal of Irish physicist George F.
    Fitzgerald that has gained universal
    acceptance. he died of hepatitis few years
    later at the age of 38.

    Protons are subatomic particles that, with


    neutrons and electrons, are the principal
    constituents of atoms.

    Protons are positively charged particles


    that reside in the nucleus of an atom.
    These protons add the overall positive
    charge of a molecule. The mass of the
    proton is about 1,840 times the mass of
    the electron.

    Through scientific discovery, protons have


    been accepted as the particle that
    contributes to the positive charge of an
    atom. The discovery of protons can be
    attributed to Rutherford.

    In 1886 Gold stein discovered existence of


    positively charged rays in the discharge
    tube by using perforated cathode. These
    rays were named as anode rays or canal
    rays.

    In 1899, Rutherford discovered alpha and


    beta ‘rays’ from uranium. He later
    demonstrated that alpha rays are the
    nuclei of helium atoms. He discovered in
    1914 that the nucleus of an atom
    constituted and extremely dense but small
    fraction of the volume of an atom and that
    this nucleus was positive in charge.

    Given the discoveries of electrons in 1897


    by Thomson, Rutherford and other
    scientists decided that a positively
    charged particle must exist to center the
    electron to create equally neutral atoms.

    Thomson proposed the name ‘positive


    rays’. Rutherford, in 1914, suggested that
    this something that was positively charged
    or the sportive ray of Thomson was a
    particle.

    He gave the name ‘positive electron’ to it.


    The word ‘proton’ was assigned to this
    particle by 1920.

    Rutherford continued to do research until


    his death, but the proton was his last big
    discovery.

    Later the name of negatively charged


    particle (electron) was coined by
    Johnstone Stoney in 1891

    -- The Discovery of the Protons -- Protons


    are subatomic particles that, with neutrons
    and electrons, are the principal
    constituents of atoms.

    Protons are positively charged particles


    that reside in the nucleus of an atom.
    These protons add the overall positive
    charge of a molecule. The mass of the
    proton is 1.6727g x10 raised to -24, the
    electron 9.110g x 10 raised to -28.

    Through scientific discovery, protons have


    been accepted as the particle that
    contributes to the positive charge of an
    atom. The discovery of protons can be
    attributed to Rutherford.
    In 1886 Goldstein discovered existence of
    positively charged rays in the discharge
    tube by using perforated cathode. These
    rays were named as anode rays or cannal
    rays.

    In 1899, Rutherford discovered alpha and


    beta ‘rays’ from uranium. He later
    demonstrated that alpha rays are the
    nuclei of helium atoms. He discovered in
    1914 that the nucleus of an atom
    constituted and extremely dense but small
    fraction of the volume of an atom and that
    this nucleus was positive in charge.
    Given the discoveries of electrons in 1897
    by Thomson, Rutherford and other
    scientists decided that a positively
    charged particle must exist to center the
    electron to create equally neutral atoms.

    Thomson proposed the name ‘positive


    rays’. Rutherford, in 1914, suggested that
    this something that was positively charged
    or the sportive ray of Thompson was a
    particle.

    He gave the name ‘positive electron’ to it.


    The word ‘proton’ was assigned to this
    particle by 1920.
    Rutherford continued to do research until
    his death, but the proton was his last big
    discovery.

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