Differentiate between a proton neutron and electron?

Answer 1

A proton has a positive charge, a neutron has NO charge and an electron has a negative charge. All three are spin 1/2 particles and therefore fermions, however, protons and neutrons are each comprised of three elementary particles called quarks, making them baryons, whereas electrons aren't made out of any quarks, making them leptons. The lack of quarks in electrons mean they don't interact with the strong nuclear force, whereas protons and neutrons do. Additionally, protons and neutrons are much more massive, about 2000 times so, than electrons.

Answer 2

Protons: positive (+) charge, located inside of the nucleus

Neutrons: neutral (0) charge, located inside of the nucleus

Electrons: negative (-) charge, located outside of the nucleus

Answer 3

1) charge - protons have positive, electrons have negative

2) mass - protons are significantly heavier

3) size - protons are significantly larger

In "standard model" theory it is thought that protons are made of quarks, while electrons are truly indivisible.

Answer 4

In mass, protons and neutrons are approximately equal (with the neutron slightly heavier) and the electron significantly lighter. In electric charge, the electron is assigned -1, the proton the opposite charge of +1, and the neutron no charge or zero. In category, the neutron and proton are composite partlces -- hadrons and more specifically baryons, made up of three quarks, by contrast, electrons are categorized as leptons, considered elementary particles not made up of smaller particles. By role or position neutrons and protons are nucleons located in the nucleus in the center of the atom whereas electrons are in orbitals or energy levels outside the nucleus. Electrons also differ from neutrons and protons in that they do not interact strongly (the strong interaction of the fundamental interactions of physics). In terms of size, quantum theory describes electrons as dimensionless points or, as having no spatial extents; this makes them smaller than neutrons or protons which have a generally accepted nonzero radius, although this differs from classical theory and (some interpretations of quantum theory).