What is the particle which is opposite in charge to the electron?

Answer 1

The particle that has the opposite charge of an electron is the proton. The electron has a charge of -1 while the proton has a charge of +1. (Though they have equal - but opposite - charges, the proton is about 1836 times more massive than the electron.) It might be worth mentioning that the antiparticle of the electron, the positron, also has a charge of +1. And it (the positron or antielectron) has a mass identical to the electron's. (An antielectron, the positron, will combine with an electron when the pair are at low energy in an annhilation event. Both particles will have their masses converted into energy.)

Answer 2

When we encounter particles with an electrical charge, we apply principles of electrostatics to them. We know that like charges repel each other, and that opposite charges attract each other. This is a fundamental law of electrostatics. Let's look a couple of situations where particles have opposite charges.

In "normal" atoms, we see positively charged protons in the atomic nucleus attracting and "holding" negatively charged electrons in orbit around them. This is a basic tenent of atomic structure. The proton and electron have opposite (and equal) electrostatic charges. This is the situation we encounter in most investigations of matter, but there is some interesting stuff called antimatter that we need to look at.

Both the proton and electron, those two particles we already have a pretty good handle on, have antimatter equivelant particles. The proton, which is positively charged, has an opposite called the antiproton, and it's negatively charged. Likewise, the electron has an opposite called the positron, and it's positively charged. There are links below to related questions that might provide additional information that is useful.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Protons have a positive charge and electrons have a negative charge.

Answer 5

The particle that is opposite in charge to the electron is the positron. It has the same mass as an electron but a positive charge.