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What is an electron and what is its electric charge?

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An electron is one of the three main subatomic particles that make up an atom (the other two are protons and neutrons)


Charge of an Electron:

An electron carries a negative electrical charge written as –1.

This negative charge is exactly equal in strength but opposite in sign to the positive charge of a proton.

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