JJ Thomson

JJ Thomson 

In 1897 JJ discovered the............

The cathode ray tube is a heated filament. the heated filament is a vacuum created inside a glass tube.
The ray is a stream of electrons that naturally pour off the heated cathode into the vacuum.

Plum Pudding Model

• The plum pudding model is a model of an atomic structure
• This model was incorrect because it didn't have a nucleus

Fun Facts

• He discovered the electron when he was 41
• He enrolled in trinity college at the age of 14
• His only son became a professor at a university in London
• he was awarded a Nobel peace prize in physics in 1906
• he was the most influential pioneer of nuclear physics

More Fun Facts

• he had 2 kids in total
• he married one of his students in 1892
• he died in 1940
• he published 13 books with more than 200 pages each
• he was buried next to Issac Newton and Charles Darwin

Biblography

• http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/discover-atoms
• electronics.howstuffworks.com/tv3.htm
• jjthomsonpd5.weebly.com/intersting-facts.html
• www.famousscientists.org/j-j-thomson/