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The electron (e−, or β− in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge. It is an elementary particle contained in the matter that makes up the universe.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electron | Antiparticle | Positron[a] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Composition | Elementary particle | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Discovered | J. J. Thomson (1897) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Electric charge | −1 e −1.602176634×10−19 C | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Family | Lepton | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Generation | First | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Interactions | Weak, electromagnetic, gravity | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Magnetic moment | −9.2847646917(29)×10−24 J⋅T−1 −1.00115965218046(18) μB | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Mass | 9.1093837139(28)×10−31 kg 5.485799090441(97)×10−4 Da [1822.888486209(53)]−1 Da[b] 0.51099895069(16) MeV/c2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Mean lifetime | > 6.6×1028 years (theoretically stable) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Spin | .mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:cent… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Statistics | Fermionic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Symbol | e− , β− | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Theorized | Richard Laming (1838–1851), G. Johnstone Stoney (1874) and others. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Weak hypercharge | LH: −1, RH: −2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | Weak isospin | LH: − 1 /2, RH: 0 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electron | causes | a created positron to be attracted to the original electron | 0.90 | text |
| Electron | is a | combination of the words electric and ion | 0.90 | text |
| Electron | is a | least massive known particle with non-zero electric charge | 0.90 | text |
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