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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Discovery of the Electron. | Sep 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S Department of Energy - DOE Explains...Electrons. | Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Physical Society - October 1897: The Discovery of the Electron. | Feb 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The electron: an analysis around its structure (PDF). | May 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Electrons in Biology. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - The enigmatic electron. | Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Cambridge - Department of Physics - The History of the Electron. | Jun 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Evidence for a New Entity: J.J. Thomson and the Electron. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan State University Libraries - CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything - Electrons and Orbitals. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: IEEE Spectrum - Did J.J. Thomson Discover the Electron? | Jun 09, 2023 | ||
| New text and videos added. | May 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Discovery of the Electron. | Dec 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Electrons: Facts about the negative subatomic particles. | Sep 22, 2022 | ||
| Changed βa negative chargeβ to βa negative charge of 1.602176634 Γ 10β19 coulomb.β Changed β9.10938356β to β9.1093837015.β | Dec 19, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Electron Definition. | Jul 13, 2018 | ||
| Added a video about electrons in atoms and a diagram about the electron configuration of atoms. | Mar 22, 2016 | ||
| Updated the value of the electron's mass from "9.109 x 10^-31 kg" to "9.10938356 x 10^-31 kg." Updated the value of the electron-to-proton mass ratio from "1/1,840" to "1/1,836." | Mar 22, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidipede Science for Kids - Electron. | Mar 14, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rader's Chem4Kids.com - Electron. | Jan 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jefferson Lab - All About Atoms. | Feb 18, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jefferson Lab - All About Atoms. | Feb 18, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Electron. | May 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: History.com - Electron. | Jan 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: American Institute of Physics - The Discovery of the Electron. | Jul 27, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 20, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 31, 1998 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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