Compared to the mass of the proton, it is about 1/1000, as I remember.
The scientist who discovered the charge of electrons was J.J. Thomson. He determined the charge-to-mass ratio of electrons through his experiments with cathode rays in the late 19th century.
J.J Thompson
This scientist is Robert Millikan (1868-1953).
All parts of the atom weigh something but when doing calculations electrons are said to have a mass of 0. This is because they actually have a mass of 1/1836 amu which is insignificantly small and so it is disregarded.
An element's atomic mass does not include the mass of its electrons. Electrons have such a small mass compared to protons and neutrons that they are not typically included in calculations of atomic mass.
Protons and neutrons are 17 septillionths of a gram. That is can be written as 0.0000000000000000000000017 or 1.7 times 10 to the -24th power. An electrons mass is too small for scientist to care about.
The electrical charge is changed by -1 when an atom loses an electron. The atomic mass number is determined by the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and is unaffected by the loss of an electron.
because the electrons plus the nuetrons equal the mass
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The mass of electrons is not excluded from atomic mass. The mass number of an isotope of an element excludes electrons because it is the sum of protons and neutrons.From Wikipedia, "The atomic mass (ma) is the mass of a specific isotope, most often expressed in unified atomic mass units. The atomic mass is the total mass of protons, neutrons and electrons in a single atom."
depends on the electrons