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How was the proton discovered ?

Goldstein (1886) found that the charge-to-mass (e/m) the ratio of the positive ray particles depends upon the nature of the gas in the discharge tube, i.e., e/m values for the positive rays of different gases are different.

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How was the neutron discovered ?

In 1920, Rutherford found that except hydrogen atom, the atomic masses of other atoms could not be explained only the basis of only electrons and protons. For example, helium atom contains two protons in it.

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