Physics GCSE
electrons
What electrons means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
Negatively charged particles that surround the nucleus, each with a relative charge of -1.
The charge carriers that flow in a metal wire.
Topics that use electrons
- The structure of an atom (AQA GCSE)
- Static and charge (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- absorption and emission
- attraction and repulsion
- Charge carriers and transfer of electrons
- charge flow
- Charge flow and current
- closed circuit
- conservation of charge
- Current
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