Electron

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An electron is a fundamental subatomic particle with negative electric charge that plays a key role in atoms, electricity, and chemical bonding.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Electron canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elementary particle
Fermion
Lepton
belongsToGeneration First lepton generation
canForm Covalent bond
Ionic bond
Metallic bond
doesNotParticipateIn Strong interaction
exhibits Wave–particle duality
hasAntiparticle Positron
hasBaryonNumber 0
hasClassicalRadius 2.817940×10^−15 m
hasComptonWavelength 2.426310×10^−12 m
hasDiscoveryYear 1897
hasElectricCharge −1 e
hasElectricChargeInCoulombs −1.602176634×10^−19 C
hasElectricDipoleMoment Consistent with zero within experimental limits
hasgFactor ≈2.002319
hasGyromagneticRatio ≈−1.760859×10^11 rad·s^−1·T^−1
hasInteraction Electromagnetic interaction
Weak interaction
hasLeptonNumber +1
hasMagneticMoment Bohr magneton scale
hasMagneticMomentApprox −9.284764×10^−24 J/T
hasObservedDecay No
hasRestFrame Yes
hasRestMass 9.1093837×10^−31 kg
hasRestMassEnergy 0.511 MeV
hasSIBaseConstantRelation Defines coulomb via elementary charge
hasSpeedLimit Speed of light in vacuum
hasSpin 1/2
hasStatistics Fermi–Dirac statistics
hasSymbol e−
hasUpperLimitOnLifetime >10^28 years
isCarrierOf Electric charge in conductors
isComponentOf Atomic orbital
Conduction band
Electron cloud
Valence band
isDescribedBy Dirac equation
quantum electrodynamics
surface form: Quantum electrodynamics

Standard Model
surface form: Standard Model of particle physics
isQuantumOf Electron field
isStable Yes
isSubatomicParticleOf Atom
obeys uncertainty principle
surface form: Heisenberg uncertainty principle

Pauli exclusion principle
participatesIn Chemical bonding
Electric current
wasDiscoveredBy J. J. Thomson
wasDiscoveredUsing Cathode ray experiments

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fermion includes Electron
Atom usesFramework Electron
Atom basedOn Electron
Composite fermion composedOf Electron