12 results for “electron”
Matter, Energy & Physics
Atoms
electrons, far lighter, each carrying a negative charge. In a neutral atom the number of electrons
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Matter, Energy & Physics
Electricity and Magnetism
electrons around it. Normally the two balance. Rubbing a balloon scrapes electrons from your hair onto
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Matter, Energy & Physics
The Quantum World
electrons, should behave as waves. They do. Fire electrons at a barrier with two slits and they
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Matter, Energy & Physics
The Periodic Table
electrons an atom has. The electrons arrange themselves in shells of fixed capacity: two in the first
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Plants & Fungi
Photosynthesis: How Plants Eat Light
electron loose, and that energetic electron is passed along a chain of proteins like a hot potato
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Matter, Energy & Physics
Light
electrons out, but only if the light's wavelength is short enough, no matter how bright
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Space & the Universe
The Big Bang
electrons, and light cannot travel far through a sea of electrons without scattering. Then the temperature
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Chemistry
Water: The Strangest Ordinary Substance
electrons much harder than hydrogen does. The electrons spend more time near the oxygen, giving that
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Chemistry
Acids and Bases
electron, leaving a single bare proton. These protons are very reactive. They give acids their sour
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Space & the Universe
Nebulae
electrons from the surrounding hydrogen atoms; when the electrons recombine, the atoms emit light at specific
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Planet Earth
Weather and Climate
electrons from colliding ice particles until the charge discharges as lightning. A bolt heats the air around
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Planets & the Solar System
Jupiter
electronics in hours, which is why spacecraft visiting Jupiter carry thick shielding and keep their visits
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