Icon class icon_class fas fa-quote-left icon_class_computed fas fa-quote-left Related content Mass and charge of electron and positron Source Wikipedia Copyright information Text from Wikipedia and Wiktionary web pages quoted for educational purposes is subject to the Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike Licence Snippet kind INFO Previous snippet Full quote As the symbol e is used for the elementary charge, the electron is commonly symbolized by e−, where the minus sign indicates the negative charge. URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron#Fundamental_properties Next snippet Related snippets The invariant mass of an electron is approximately 9.109×10−31 kilograms, or 5.489×10−4 atomic mass units. On the basis of Einstein's principle of mass–energy equivalence, this mass corresponds to a rest energy of 0.511 MeV. Electrons have an electric charge of −1.602176634×10−19 coulombs, which is used as a standard unit of charge for subatomic particles, and is also called the elementary charge. Within the limits of experimental accuracy, the electron charge is identical to the charge of a proton, but with the opposite sign. Related snippets (backlinks) The positron is symbolized by e+ because it has the same properties as the electron but with a positive rather than negative charge. Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags
