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Any one of the six quarks is heavier than the electron. Said another way, the electron is lighter than any of the six quarks. All quarks and the electron are fundamental particles, by the way. Use the link below to see a chart of the fundamental particles, which inclues the mass of each particle. Note that the mass of each particle is expressed as its energy equivalent.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe quark is larger than the electron due to the fact that electrons orbit the nucleus and there are three quarks per nucleus, and an equal amount of electrons per neutrons that compose of the nucleus in stable elements, therefore the electron must be smaller than the quark.
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∙ 15y agoThe neutron/electron mass ratio is 1838.683 6605.
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∙ 15y agoAn electron is much bigger than a quark. An electron is an atomic particle, while a quark is a subatomic particle.
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What are examples of subatomic particle?
six quarks, 6 leptons as well as 13 gauge bosons up quark down quark bottom quark top quark strange quark charm quark electron muon tau electron neutrino muon neutrino tau neutrino graviton photon W and Z and 8 gluons that carry the strong force
What part of an atom does not consist of a quark?
The protons and neutrons (which in the atom is in the nuclues) are made from quarks. The proton is built from two up-quarks and one down-quark and the neutron is built from one up-quark and two down-quarks.
What charge do the different subatomic particles have?
I suppose you are talking about electric charge (since there are others like color or hypercharge). Everything is in units of the elementary charge (i.e. ~1.6 * 10-19 C) The following particles have a charge of +2/3 Up Quark, Charm Quark, Top Quark The following particles have a charge of -1/3 Down Quark, Strange Quark, Bottom Quark The following particles have a charge of -1 Electron, Muon, Tau, Proton (but the Proton consists of two ups and one down quark), W- boson The following particles have a charge of +1 W+ boson The following particles have no charge: Electron Neutrino, Muon Neutrino, Tau Neutrino, Neutron (consists of two down and one up quark), Photon, Higgs (not found yet), Graviton (also not yet found), Z0 boson, gluon. There are also various other composite particles such as mesons, but those are far too numerous to list.
A subatomic particle that has a negitive charge?
Electrons have a negative charge. Anti-Protons can be synthesized in certain cases, and also have a negative charge, although they would not be part of normal matter.
Which more mass a- proton or electron?
A Proton is made up of Subatomic Particles, these include Quarks and Leptons. Within a Proton are two Up quarks and one Down quark. An Up quark has a mass of 2.4 MeV/c2, whilst a Down quark has a mass of 4.8 MeV/c2. An Electron is a type of Lepton, so we can not break it down any further. An Electron has very little mass 0.511 (MeV/c2). So using the information provided we can safely say that a Protons mass is greater than an Electrons mass. This should answer the Question.
What particle is not located in the nucleus proton electron neutron quark?
The electron.
3 sub-atomic particles of an atom?
Proton, neutron and electron At a lower level up quark, down quark, and electron
What particles are released from the nucleus when a down quark changes into an up quark?
When a down quark changes into an up quark in the nucleus, a Nestor is changing into a proton. The particles released (for almost all neutron to proton transformations) are an electron and an electron anti-neutrino.
What are examples of subatomic particle?
six quarks, 6 leptons as well as 13 gauge bosons up quark down quark bottom quark top quark strange quark charm quark electron muon tau electron neutrino muon neutrino tau neutrino graviton photon W and Z and 8 gluons that carry the strong force
Is quark bigger or neutron?
neutron
What are 3 particle's of the atom?
The up quark, the down quark, and the electron. Two up quarks and a down quark form a proton, and two down quarks and an up quark form a neutron.
Is down quark heavier than up quark because neutron is heavier than proton?
The two are related, yes, but technically it would be more accurate to say it the other way around: "Neutrons are heavier than protons because down quarks are heavier than up quarks" Neutrons are composed of an up quark and two down quarks (udd). Protons are composed of two up quarks and one down quark (uud), so the difference in mass between a proton and neutron is (roughly) the same as the difference in mass between the neutron's down quark and the proton's matching up quark. Because a down quark is heavier than an up quark, it is also possible for a down quark to decay into an up quark (releasing an electron in the process). This is how beta radiation occurs in atomic nuclei. One of the neutrons' down quarks decays into an up quark, changing that neutron into a proton, and releasing an electron (as radiation), so another way to look at it would be that a down quark is an up quark that has an electron trapped inside it (the mass of the electron, plus the energy required to "trap" it there, is what makes the down quark heavier).
Which force acts between an up quark and an electron?
The weak nuclear force
What do quarks have to do with creating a beta particle?
Beta decay involves changing an up quark into a down quark (Beta+) or a down quark into an up quark (Beta-). This causes a neutron to change into a proton (Beta-) and emit a W- boson which decays into a beta particle (electron and electron antineutrino), or, with extra energy, it causes a proton to change into a neutron (Beta+) which emits a beta particle (positron and electron neutrino). Quarks are involved because protons and neutrons are comprised of quarks in sets of three, two up quarks and one down quark to form a proton, and two down quarks and one up quark to form a neutron.
Why do protons and electrons combine to form neutrons in a neutron star if protons are made of two up quarks and a down quark electrons aren't made of quarks and neutrons are made of two down quarks a?
Actually 'an' up quark.The weak nuclear force permits an interaction between an up quark and an electron that converts the up quark to a down quark and the electron ceases to exist, also an interaction between a down quark and a positron that converts the down quark to an up quark and the positron ceases to exist. There are also weak nuclear force interactions that change quark types by emitting electrons or positrons. Both the absorption and emission interactions described above are referred to as Beta Decay Processes. All Beta Decay Processes also involve emission of an electron neutrino or an electron antineutrino (the lightest known particle having a nonzero mass and a particle that has almost no interaction at all with other matter).
What part of an atom does not consist of a quark?
The protons and neutrons (which in the atom is in the nuclues) are made from quarks. The proton is built from two up-quarks and one down-quark and the neutron is built from one up-quark and two down-quarks.
What type of particle is emitted when carbon-14 decays into nitrogen-14?
A beta particle. This is because the mass number is the same, so it cannot involve a neutron or a proton. Beta particles can either be a positron or an electron. A positron is just a positive electron. Because the atomic masses are the same, but the atomic number is different, you need an electron or positron, to negate the difference.
