• Question: What's an electrons job?

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      Asked by Lydia to Anaïs, Peter, Shreesha on 19 Mar 2015.
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        Peter Maskell answered on 19 Mar 2015:

        the electrons of an atom create a negative charge that balances the positive charge of the protons in the atomic nucleus.

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        Anaïs Pujol answered on 19 Mar 2015:

        Its is Joseph John Thomson who discovered the electron by doing an Electron are everywhere and it involves in various process in physics, chemistry and biology. It is by sharing electron from their outer level that molecules are formed between atoms (covalent bounding). By loosing or winning an electron an atom becomes an ion.

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