Question

What is the charge on an electron?

Answer 1

Atom:

• An atom is composed of different subatomic particles that are electrons, protons as well as neutrons.
• An electron has a negative charge, a proton has a positive charge while neutrons are uncharged species.
• Protons and neutrons are present inside the nucleus of an atom while electrons revolve around in the circular orbits.

Charge and mass of electron

• The charge on an electron is $1.6\times {10}^{-19}\text{C}$.
• The mass of an electron is $9.1093837\times {10}^{-31}\text{kg}$.