Electron

An electron is an elementary particle found in an atom. Electrons can be mined from electron field blocks.

Electrons have a negative charge, which is depicted by the small - on the face of the electron. Because of this electric charge, electrons experience the Coulomb force from other objects with an electric charge. Just put some electrons in your world and watch them move away from each other. You can also add some protons to witness what the influence of positive electric charges is.

They are an essential part of atoms. When crafting atoms, you will need electrons.

In your daily life, you use electric currents to charge your mobile phone or to light a lamp. An electric current means that electrons flow through a cable or an electrical appliance. For an electric current, many electrons move in the same direction.

In Minecraft, electric currents are depicted by redstone. Since electrons also carry electrical current, electrons can be used instead of redstone in electrical circuits.

Its antiparticle is the positron. When an electron and a positron touch each other, they disappear. All that is left is two photons. Because the electron and the positron are each others anti-particles, they have annihilated each other.

Dive deeper into the Physics: electrons
An electron is a particle of matter. It is the best known and simplest particle there is: it is completely and exactly described by its wavefunction in quantum mechanics.

An electron has an electric charge defined as -1. Because of its electric charge, the electron can exchange photons, which are the messenger particles of the electromagnetic force. The electron therefore experiences the electromagnetic force.

In conductors, such as a copper wire, a whole lot of moving electrons provide the electric current.