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electron comparison table |
Subject | has definition |
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beta-particle | Particles first discovered in radioactive β decay - later identified as electrons. |
bound electron | Zone in which the electron in atoms reside. Its radius is determined by the quantum principle, its population by the exclusion principle. |
free electron | Electron not bound to a nucleus. |
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