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What part of the atom has the largest specific charge?

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Help. I've just started AS lvel physics and am doing my homework but i don't understand what it means by specific charge. I bet i sound stupid but i don't understand what this question means. Please help:)

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  1. The proton and the electron have equal but opposite charges.


  2. Specific charge is the ratio between the charge of an object and its mass. So an electron has larger specific charge since it has smaller mass than a proton ( proton's mass is almost 2000 times larger than electron's).

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