Eugen Goldstein

Eugen Goldstein
Born5 September 1850 (1850-09-05)
Died25 December 1930 (1930-12-26) (aged 80)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Breslau
Known forDiscovery of canal rays
AwardsHughes Medal (1908)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Eugen Goldstein (/ˈɔɪɡən/; 5 September 1850 – 25 December 1930) was a German physicist. He was an early investigator of discharge tubes, the discoverer of anode rays or canal rays, later identified as positive ions in the gas phase including the hydrogen ion.[1][2] He was the great uncle of the violinists Mikhail Goldstein and Boris Goldstein.

  1. ^ "Eugen Goldstein". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ C. E. Moore; B. Jaselskis; A. von Smolinski (1985). "The Proton" (PDF). Journal of Chemical Education. 62 (10): 859–860. Bibcode:1985JChEd..62..859M. doi:10.1021/ed062p859. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-05.

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