(a) What are the canal rays? State the nature of the constituents of canal rays.

(b) Who discovered canal rays?

a. Canal rays are anode rays which are a beam of positive ions given by anode in an experiment conducted by Goldstein when he passed electricity at high voltage through a gas at very low pressure in a discharge tube. They consist of positively charged particles.

b. E. Goldstein discovered these canal rays.


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