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What is the shape of an electon ? can U say ?

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see..tell me the size of an atom, now tell me the size of an electron... can u predict the size of an atom and electron ? well ! now tell me the shape of an electron .

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  1. No one knows the sizes (diameters) of the sub-atomic particles, including protons, neutrons, and electrons. [See source.]

    We do know their relative masses; for example, the electron is 1/1836 the mass of a proton or a neutron.  But that tells us nothing about their respective sizes.

    For most cases, it suffices to treat the subatomic particles as points, without dimension.


  2. An electron does not have a size. Because of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle all we can say is that if it has a momentum p then there is a probability x that it exists in a given volume of space. Needless to say, it does not have a shape either.

    In an atom, the electrons are constrained by electrostatic attraction into regions of space around the nucleus called orbitals. It is the size of the outer orbitals that determines the size of an atom. Atomic radii range from 25 picometres for hydrogen to 260 picometres for caesium.

  3. I think it will be sphere

  4. tell me the shape of an electron

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    the shape of an electron is a ball.

    But this ball is not firm (SRT), and  in interaction with

    vacuum the ball changes its parameters and disappears.

    Where ? Why ?

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