Hi jadeirelandkuyt,
I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing that it’s because electrons carry an electromagnetic charge. All electricity is basically electrons flowing around a circuit, so I guess it makes sense to call them electrons.
Yeah i agree with James Verdon. The only other possibility was it was to do with the person who discovered electrons, but that was Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, so he obsiviously didnt name it after it after himself.
The electron was named because it was the particle observed to be carrying an electrical charge, that is all I can remember from when I learnt about the particles.
I would agree with James V, becuase they are negative particles that carry electrical charge and like Nuala’s explanation! To call it a Hittorf would feel really weird!
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