Fundamental Physics/Electricity/Charged particle

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Charged particle is the smallest particle carries electricity found in matter's atom . There are 3 types of charged particles namely Electron, Proton and Neutron . Characteristics of charged particles is listed in the table below

Charged Particle	Symbol	Mass	Charge
Electron	$e^{-}$	$m_{e}$	Negative (-)
Proton	$p^{+}$	$m_{p}$	Positive (+)
Neutron	$n^{o}$	$m_{n}$	Zero (0)

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