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Why did the deflection of the beam by a magnet suggest that the cathode ray contained charged particles?

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They would be streams of tiny, charged particles,because . Only streams of charged particles can be bent by a magnet. Light rays can not
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only streams of charged particles can be bent by a magnet

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