What is meant by canal rays?

An anode ray (also positive ray or canal ray) is a beam of positive ions that is created by certain types of gas discharge tubes. They were first observed in Crookes tubes during experiments by the German scientist Eugen Goldstein, in 1886. read more

Canal rays was discovered by Goldstein in a discharge tube experiment and observed following properties on the basis of figure given below Following are the important properties of canal rays - Canal rays are positively charged which is 1.6 x 10-19 coulomb. read more

Anode rays (or Canal rays) were observed in experiments by a German scientist, Eugen Goldstein, in 1886. Goldstein used a gas discharge tube which had perforated cathodes. read more