Electron
The electron is a subatomic particle whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.
At a glance
Key signals
17% cross fields · reaches 1 more
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Atomic Physics
- Explanation
- Examples
- Misconception
- Sourced relations 3
- Attribution
Dependencies
What this concept builds on and what it makes possible — derived from the atlas’s dependency, causal and structural relations, not from every related edge.
System context
Electronis part ofAtomEstablished
electron is part of atom.
Mechanism: Electrons form the atom's outer cloud: these light, negatively charged particles surround the nucleus and do the atom's chemistry.
- University Physics (OpenStax) verifiedmoderate evidence
Electronis part ofElectron shellEstablished
electron is part of electron shell.
Mechanism: Electrons occupy the shells: each negatively charged electron sits in a shell at a set energy around the nucleus.
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Spinis part ofElectronEstablished
Electrons carry spin.
Mechanism: Spin is an intrinsic quantum angular momentum every electron carries, with only two values.
Valence electronis aElectronEstablished
valence electron is a kind of electron.
Mechanism: A valence electron is an electron in the atom's outermost shell — the one that takes part in forming chemical bonds.
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Structural role & consequence
Interpreted from the current atlas graph — what the connections mean, not just how many there are.
Currently dark in the atlas: 6 of 6 of its relations lack claim-level evidence.
atlas representation · Describes the current Thinking OS representation, not the state of the world.
Structural neighbourhood: 6 → 19 → 63 concepts reachable within 3 hops.
structural · Structural reach — being reachable is not the same as being understood.
cross-field
5 within-field, 1 cross-field
Strengths & constraints
Constraints
- Evidence coverage currently thin in the atlas — few of its relationships carry claim-level evidence. atlas representation
Conditions
- Read structurally — most of its relationships carry no external evidence yet, so claims here are graph-derived. structural
Seen through each discipline
How this concept sits in each of its fields — derived from its real connections in the graph, not asserted.
Through this lens it connects to Atom, Spin and Pauli exclusion principle.
Through this lens it connects to Atom, Electron shell and Valence electron.
Through this lens it connects to Atom and Pauli exclusion principle.
Key dates
- 1897Discoveryelectron: discovery recorded 1897. — Wikidata
Related ideas to explore
Concepts that look related but are not yet connected here — candidates for a connection to reason about, not established links.
This idea also appears in…
The same structure shows up in other disciplines. These are real recurrences drawn from the graph — a starting point for asking “what carries over, and what changes?”
Concepts
- Quantum Hall effectCondensed Matter Physics
crosses a discipline boundary
- Connects 6 other ideas across 3 disciplines.
- Most of its connections are of the “Kind & structure” kind.
Derived from the graph’s real structure — observations, not a score.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence
- Wikidata verifiedmoderate evidence
- University Physics (OpenStax) verifiedmoderate evidence