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The charge on the electron.


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Electron:

The negatively charged particle that revolves in the shells of atom is known as an electron.

Charge on electron:

  1. The charge on the electron was determined by oil drop experiment by R. A. Millikan.
  2. The absolute charge on electron is 1 coulomb of negative charge.
  3. This suggests that an electron has 1 unit of negative charge.

Thus, the charge on an electron is -1.


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