least - electron
most - the top quark
hydrogen
When we "look" at the smallest things known, we must consider the group of subatomic particles. The tiniest units of matter exist in this quantum mechanical world. As we're still sorting out some things here, it may be hard to be more specific. But let's nominate the electron neutrino, a fundamental particle, as the least massive of the particles in that group.
Alpha, beta, gamma
solid, liquid, gas, plasma
Hydrogen is the least massive element. It is found in group 1, period 1 on the periodic table.
In the atom this particle is the electron. Generally in the particle physics: photons, gluons, neutrinos.
least - electron most - the top quark
electron
The three main subatomic particles are the proton, neutron, and electron. Of these three, the electron has the least amount of mass at about 0.0005 amu or atomic mass units.
The least massive principle atomic particle is the electron. Neutrons and protons are much more massive and are about equal in mass. Of course, there are even smaller particles such as quarks which are less massive than even electrons.
among these Electron has the least mass....
There are only three types of Subatomic particleNeutron - Charge = +/- 0Proton - Charge = +1Electron - Charge = -1
electron is least, followed by proton and then neutron. Nucleus will have the highest mass as nucleus contains both protons and neutrons.
Well, that's kinda a trick question because an electron is pure energy. An electron particle is also the smallest of the 4, so its the electron (eventhough an electron is a weichtless particle such as a graviton or magneton! Hope I helped!!
The only matter in a stable element is at least one of each of the two stable electrically charged subatomic particles, protons and electrons, and except for an atom of the isotope hydrogen-1, at least one neutron, the uncharged stable subatomic particle. The numbers of protons and electrons must be the same. Artificial elements may contain other subatomic particles such as positrons. (The subatomic particles themselves are considered to be composed of quarks, which could be called sub-subatomic particles, but quarks are not usually considered to be matter since they can not exist in isolation for more than very small fractions of a second.)
A positron is a fundamental particle because it does not consist of smaller particles, which would make it a composite particle. Fundamental particles can still decay or change identity however, but they have no (at least at this point) discernible internal structure. A proton on the other hand is a composite particle; it has an internal structure and consists of a mixture of gluons and quarks (which both are fundamental particles).
The 'rest mass' of the photon is zero ... but the photon is never at rest, and it has plenty of mass at the speed of light, at which it is always traveling. so that let's the photon out. Amongst particles that actually have rest mass, but not much of it, the neutrino probably has the least.