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What are electrons.

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  • Subatomic particles
  • Negligible mass 1/1840
  • Negatively charged (-1)
  • When elements are atoms and when they exist as ions, it is the number of electrons that differentiates them.
  • Orbits around the shell.
  • Heisenberg uncertainty principle : it is not possible to determine where an electron currently is and where it will move next.
  • Highest probability of finding it in the electron cloud.
  • An electron is a tiny particle, smaller than an atom, with a negative electric charge, with hardly any mass. It is too small to see even with an electron microscope. Electrons aren’t made of anything else; you can’t break them apart into anything smaller.

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