Nature has found an elegant solution to prevent this: Often, the transfer of electrons is coupled with the transfer of positively charged protons. This proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET), as ...

These vibrations pass from atom to atom transferring heat energy as they ... is caused by collisions between fast moving free electrons and metal ions and by passing vibrations from atom to ...

Charge is measured in coulombs (C). Since electrons are so small and one electron will not have much of an effect anywhere, it is more useful to refer to large groups of electrons. One coulomb of ...