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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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what are positrons? what is their atomic mass and charge?

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Positron also known as the positive electron, it is positively charged subatomic particle having the same or equal a magnitude of charge as the electron and creates the antiparticle of a negative electron.

A positron or antielectron is the antimatter counter part to an electron. A positron has the equal or same mass an electron and a spin of ½, but it has an electrical charge of +1.

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