Question

What are the canal rays​

Answer 1

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Positively charged radiations.

E. Goldstein in 1886 discovered the presence of new radiations in a gas discharge and called them canal rays. The beam of rays which travel in a direction away from anode towards cathode when gas is taken in a discharge tube is subjected to the action of high voltage under low pressure is known as canal rays. These rays were positively charged radiations which ultimately led to the discovery of another sub-atomic particle.

Answer 2

Answer:

It is because the canal rays are composed of positive ionized ions formed by ionization of gas present in the tube. The charge to mass ratio for the particles of the ray was found to be different for different gases. The behaviour of particles in an electric and magnetic field was opposite to that of cathode rays.