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An electron is usually described as an elementary-particle with a negative electric-charge. In fact quantum-mechanics tells us that an electron can behave like either a particle or a wave. An electron always has a real mass of 9.1093897 x 10^{-31} kg, and a unit electric-charge of -1.60217733 x 10^{-19} coulombs. They are fermions with a quantum spin of 1/2.
Electrons are leptons. Since they are charged particles, they can produce and are affected mainly by electric-fields and magnetic-fields.
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