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Muon vs Electron - What's the difference?

muon | electron |

As nouns the difference between muon and electron

is that muon is an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 209 times greater while electron is the subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.

muon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 209 times greater.
  • electron

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
  • (chemistry, obsolete) Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron.
  • See also

    * neutron * proton * (wikipedia "electron") ----