A Level Physics Practice Test: Charged Particles — Flashcards

In physics, a charged particle is a particle with an electric charge. Charged particles can be elementary particles, like electrons and quarks, or composite particles, like protons.
Charged particles emit electromagnetic radiation when they are accelerated. Electrons have low mass and experience greater accelerations than heavier particles. As a result, electrons emit radiation more abundantly than other particles.

A charged particle is also called an ion. An ionic bond forms when two particles that have different numbers of electrons start reacting to each other.