Ideas to Implementation Flashcards
what is a cathode ray tube?
a vacuum tube wih electrodes at either end. the electrodes are conductive pieces of metal connected in series with some high potential power source
when a potential difference is passed through a cathode tube, what happens?
electrons jump from the cathode(-ve) to the anode(+ve)
the electrons then collide with the gas molecules that are present inside the tube, causing them to absorb and emit the energy that was transfered by the electron from the collision
this energy is seen as light
what is the appearance of light in a cathode ray tube dependant upon?
on both the chemical composition of the gas inside the tube and on the gas pressure
why was their a debate as to the nature of cathode rays in the late 19th century?
experimental observations of cathode rays provided puzzling inconsistencies which led to the emergence of two competeing theories, one supporting that cathode rays were waves and the other supporting that the cathode rays were negatively charged particles
who was it that settled the debate about the behaviour cathode rays and how did he do this?
A man named Thompson settled the debate once he was able to deflect the cathode rays with electric plates. this had been impossible up to this point as vacuum pumps before had not been strong enough and the electric field’s present had not been strong enough.
because emr was known not to be deflected by electric fields, and emr was a wave, this strongly supported that cathode rays were particles
what properties of cathode rays fit the wave theory?
- they travel in straight lines
- produces a shadow when obstructed by large objects
- could pass through thin metal foils without damaging them
what properties of cathode rays fit the particle theory?
- they could be deflected with an electric and magnetic field
- the cathode rays left the cathode at 90 degrees to the surface(instead of propagating out like a wave)
- they travelled considerably slower than light(which is a wave)
- small paddlewheels turned when placed in the path of the rays, indicating that the rays contituents must have momentum and hence mass
what happens to a charge moving through a magnetic field?
it experiences a force
if a charge is moving parallel to a magnetic field, what happens?
it doesnt experience a force
what is the force on a moving charge in a magnetic field equal to?
F = qvBsin(theta)
what do oppositely charged plats create between them?
a uniform electric field running between them from the positive plate to the negative plate
when a potential is made between two oppositely charge plates, what expression gives the magnitude of the field?
E = V/d
where E is electric field strength in Newtons/ coloumb
V is potential difference measured in volts
d is the seperation of the charged plates
what does spacing between electric field lines show?
how strong the electric field is, smaller spaces represent a strong electric field
if a charge moves through an electric field, what will happen to its path?
it will form a parabolic path
what are the field lines like for a positive point charge?
- field lines radiate from the centre of the charge outward, indicating the direction of movement of a positive test charge in the field
- field lines which are closer together show a stronger electric field
- field lines never cross
what are the field lines like for a negative point charge?
- field lines radiate inwards toward the centre of the negative point charge, indicating the movement of a positive test charge in the field
- all of the properties that go with the positive point charge
what is the expression for the magnitude of an electric field at a particular point in that field?
E=F/q
where F is force in newtons
E is electric field strength in Newtons/coloumb
q is charge measured in coloumbs
what did JJ thompson do?
he determined the charge/mass ratio of an electron
what did Thompson use to do this?
Thompson used a large glass vaccum tube containing:
- a cathode, connected to a high voltage DC power source
- anode double slit, connected to a high voltage DC power source
- electric plates
- electromagnets
- fluorescent screen with scale
in his first experiment, what did thompson do?
thompson passed cathode rays through small slots in a cylinder anode making a near parallel beam that his the end of the glass tube in the centre, moving past two opposite electric plates and electromagnets which were perpendicular
first, he varied the strengths of both the electric field supplied by the plates and the magnetic field supplied by the electromagnets so that they would balance eachother out and thus the net force on the cathode rays would be zero and it would resume its straight line trajectory.
by equating the magnetic and electric force equations, thompson developed an expression for the velocity of the cathode rays in terms of E and B, v = E/B
what was thompsons second experiment?
thompson turned off the electric plates and kept the magnetic field applied. the cathode rays would become deflected and follow a circular path. these rays then hit the fluorescent scree at the very end of the apparatus indicating how the electrons were being deflected
the magnetic force provided the centripetal force, causing the rays to curve in a circular arc with a fixed and measurable radius which could be determined b measuring the displacement of the beam
Fcentripetal = qvB (the beams were being fired at 90 degrees to the fields, so sin(theta) would be 1)
what was the final expression for the charge/mass ratio of the electron?
q/m = E/B^2r
what did hertz use to measure and detect radio waves?
- induction coil
- reciever loop
- a spark gap
what did hertz do to produce radio waves?
hertz used an induction coil to produce a high voltage oscillating spark. as these sparks oscillated back and forth across the gap in the induction coil, sparks were also noticed jumping across the air gap in the reciever loop, even when the reciever loop wasnt connected to any power source