Question

Why do cathode rays travel is a st line irrespective of the position of the anode??

Answer 1

St? do you mean steady?

Answer 2

I think that the positioning of the cathode rays travel in positioning to the anode because of charge, like positive and negative. Then again, I really have no idea what you mean and Im doing a chemistry test I dont understand....good luck though:)

Answer 3

st means straight

Answer 4

Still dont know, im sorry:(

Answer 5

They don't. After all, they generally need to reach the anode to complete the circuit. What you may be thinking of is something like a Crooke's tube, where electrons are accelerated to very high velocities quite near the cathode by the large electric field present there (which is at that location perpendicular to the surface of the cathode). These electrons go flying down the tube so fast that sheer momentum carries them past the anode. If the tube were large enough, they would eventually curve back around and hit the the anode, but they hit the end of the tube first. Presumably the charge trickles along the glass or in some other low-velocity way to the anode to complete the circuit.

Answer 6

Thanks a lot