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Do protons have a negligible mass?
Depends on the application
Which subatomic particle has negligible mass and travels around outside the nucleus?
An electron.
Why doesnt the mass number change when electrons are added or removed?
The mass of an electron is very small, almost negligible, compared to that of a proton or neutron.
Why is the mass of an electron often considered to be 0?
A photon is a light particle or an EM wave. As a particle, it is conceptually simple to think of a photon as a point (zero) mass. One consequence of Einstein's special theory of relativity is that a particle of a finite mass can never approach the speed of light, which is made of photons. It is equally nonsensical to assign a mass to a wave, which is propagation of energy packets (one can think of waves as the travel of information). Conceptually speaking, how can information have a mass?
Where is most of the mass of an atom contained?
When calculating the mass of an atom, you add the mass of the protons and the neutrons. This is the nucleus of the atom. The electrons are small enough to be ignored except in the most delicate calculations.
What particle contributes a negligible amount to the atomic mass?
There are a number of particles of particularly low mass. Electrons have much less mass than either protons or neutrons, and so are negligible in calculating the mass of an atom. However, electrons are still much heavier than neutrinos or photons, which are even more negligible in mass.
What is a particle of relatively negligible mass?
An electron, with relatively negligible mass meaning the mass of an electron is so insubstantial that it isn't counted towards the total weight of the atom.
What is this element atomic mass?
mass of protons + mass of neutrons present in the element (as the mass of electrons is practically negligible)
What is so small it barely has any mass?
An electron has negligible mass and is under a 5th of the mass of a proton.
Do protons have a negligible mass?
Depends on the application
What is the mass of an atom concentrated on?
virtually all the mass in concentrated in the nucleus of the atom, as the electron's mass is so small, it is negligible.
What is the mass of an ion with 107 electrons?
electrons have negligible mass. the mass of the ion depends on how many protons and neutrons are present.
Why don't he include the electron in atoms mass?
when compared to the mass of protons and neutrons, the mass of the electrons is negligible and hence not included in atomic mass.
Which type of radiation has a negligible mass and a charge of plus 1?
This is a positron.
Where is most of the mass of an atom contain?
in the nucleus of an atom -proton and neutrons , electrons in the orbit has the negligible mass.
Why is mass number calculated with only the protons and neutrons and not electrons?
Because the mass of electron is negligible when compared to the mass of protons or neutrons.
What are negatively charged subatomic particle with a negligible mass and which orbits the nucleus?
electron
