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SCIENCE
Science in Focus Special: Electrons At Play
 
Electrostatics and the Electron
Glowing in the Dark
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Glowing in the Dark

Aims

To show the effects of passing electricity through different gases (including the colours produced). Different colours are produced when electrons collide with different solid materials.

To demonstrate J J Thomson's experiment and to show how it led to the development of television.