This is one electron. The fragile bond required outside-the-box thinking, with a complex molecule acting as a shell. From the omnipresence and ubiquity of carbon—it has its own branch of ...

This clip shows how carbon is made up from sub-atomic particles. Electron shells are mentioned. Two extra neutrons are added to make an unstable isotope which explodes at the end. This clip could ...

The electrons should just spiral in towards the positive nucleus. Electrons move in fixed orbits, called electron shells, around the nucleus. New evidence The discovery of electrons. Changes to ...