Their masses are equal. It's their charges that are opposite.
Yes; they simply have opposite charges.
A positron is an electron's antiparticle. It has the same mass as an electron, but an opposite electrical charge.
Twice the mass of the electron, since the positron has the same mass of the electron. Or the equivalent, in energy units.An electron has a mass or energy of 511 keV.
No. The mass of a neutron is far, far, far greater than the mass of an electron. In fact, the mass of a neutron is approximately about 1840 times greater than the mass of an electron. The particle that has exactly the same mass as an electron is its antiparticle, the positron.
The mass of a positron is approximately 9.1093826(16) × 10−31 kg. The positron and the electron are anti-particles of each other, and you can find out more about the positron at the Wikipedia article on that subject. A link to their post can be found below. There is also a link to a related question on the nature of the positron. That's down there, too.
It's all quite simple. The electron is a subatomic particle carrying a negative electric charge. It has no known components or substructure, and therefore is believed to be an elementary particle.[2] An electron has a mass that is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton. The positron or antielectron is the antiparticle or the antimatter counterpart of the electron. The positron has an electric charge of +1e, a spin of 1⁄2, and the same mass as an electron.
A beta particle is an electron, and electrons are negative. You're probably thinking of a positron, which has the same mass as an electron but the opposite charge.
When a positron meets an electron, they annihilate or destroy each other.This phenomena is known as annihilation of matter. During this process two photons of gamma rays are produced that travel in opposite directions.Actually the mass of electron and positron has been converted into energy (gamma rays).
Pair production can only occur if the energy of the photon is bigger than the rest mass (E0 = m0*c^2) of electron and positron, because this is the energy needed to create these particle (conservation of energy). Excess energy will be kinetic energy of the electron and positron. Rest mass of electron and positron is 0.511 MeV each, so 1.022 MeV in total.
Beta decay decreases atomic mass by 1. In beta decay, a neutron in the nucleus is converted into a proton, releasing a beta particle (an electron) and an antineutrino. This results in an increase of the atomic number by 1, while the atomic mass remains the same.
A positive electron is called a positron and it is a form of antimatter. It has the same mass and typical properties as a normal electron, but it has the opposite charge.
No, a proton and an electron are not opposites. Protons are positively charged particles found in the nucleus of an atom, while electrons are negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus. They are attracted to each other due to their opposite charges.