Negatively charged particle with spin 1/2. A component of mundane terrestrial matter, and part of all neutral atoms and molecules. It has a mass about 1/1800 that of a proton. Its antiparticle is the positron.
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A question on lewis model
Electron affinity of chlorine = -349 kJ per mole. And, first ionization energy of sodium = 496 kJ per mole while energy required for combining= 147 kJ per mole.
Isn't it a contradiction against ...
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drift velocity of electrons in a superconductor
is there a formula for the effective speed of electron currents inside superconductors?
The formula for normal conductors is:
$$ V = \frac{I}{nAq}$$
I wonder if there are any changes to this ...
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Why can free lithium atoms not take part in an Auger process?
Shouldn't it be possible for an incoming photon to excite one of the 1s electrons to a 2p state (or one of even higher energy) and then for the excited electron to drop back to 1s and kick out the 2s ...
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Understanding drift velocities in currents
I have a doubt about the understanding of drift velocities in a current. My problem is that the textbook speaks very loosely about this. It's like: "well, if we apply a field $E$ then the charges will ...
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How does a Primary Charge Roller work?
I have been recently trying to get more deeply into the workings of a common laser printer.
While the basic concept seems to be fairly simple to understand I have been having trouble finding more ...
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Special conditions at layer F2 ionosphere
I saw this graph about the electrons density in different altitudes and difference between night and day, the difference between the 2 electron densities (day and night) decreases till 300 Km (F2 ...
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Electron hopping among molecules - Marcus equation
I'm running out of professors to talk to, and I need to clarify a couple of things for the sake of making a realistic model of electron travel through a mesh.
This is about calculations of electron ...
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Is it reasonable to interpret the Lamb shift as vacuum induced Stark shifts?
This is a pretty hand-wavy question about interpretation of the Lamb shift. I understand that one can calculate the Lamb shift diagrammatically to get an accurate result, but there exist ...
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Electron Spin Resonance and Free electrons
When performing an experiment to observe electron spin resonance, we use DPPH molecules as they contain an unpaired electron on one of the N atoms.
My question is, why cant free electrons be used in ...
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Bragg reflected electrons
Could you explain how does bragg reflection happen for electrons? What does it mean that when they satisfy Laue condition? This already is asked in Physics SE. They are Bragg reflected in the opposite ...
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Single electron pumps, superconducting energy gap
I am seeking to find out how many electrons per gate cycle are pumped at different temperatures. The Single Electron Pump is made out of Al, with a $T_c=1.2\,\mathrm{K}$. This single electron pump is ...
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Ballistic Conduction - Difference between Bosonic and Fermionic Transport
Ballistic Conduction is the phenomenon of an ideal conduction environment for quantum particles - for electrons the Ballistic Conduction is not infinity, but is proportional to the difference between ...
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pressure required for displacing a single electron off a crystal
I need to know this for my project- "power generation using the pressure applied on a keypad of a mobile electronic device". How much pressure does it take to displace a single electron off its ...
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Microscopic fields inside a conductor
In a neutral conductor if we assume electrons as point charges, the electric field in the space between them cannot be identically zero. This microscopic field may be very weak. What if we were very ...
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Is this picture of the electron dipole moment correct?
It's the electron spinning on its axis, and a magnetic moment shoots up. The direction of the North-South is opposite what I thought it should be. Why is the vector arrow pointing from North to ...
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Working out the electron mobility from the transfer rate (1/s)
I have an electric field value for a uniform structure through which an electron travels. Given that I've calculated a transfer rate (frequency) for the electron when it goes from one molecule to the ...
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The Deflecting System in a Hot Cathode Ray Tube
In an HCR-Tube, the deflecting system used to deviate the electron beam is made of positively charged plates. How is this justified? If, due to some malfunction, the electron beam deflects from its ...
