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Hadrons, examples of which are protons and neutrons, are made up of different combinations of the six "flavors" of quarks, which are up, down, strange, charm, top and bottom. Each quark has a different mass and either has a charge of +2/3 or -1/3. All quarks have a 1/2 spin.

Leptons are categorized into six sections: electrons, muons, taus, tau neutrinos, electron neutrinos, and muon neutrinos. All of the leptons have a 1/2 spin, with the neutrinos having a charge of 0 and the other three having a charge of -1.

Basically, as the Standard Theory states, that all matter is made up of combinations of quarks and leptons with the various types of force particles.

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What particles or structure would not contain any quarks?

Any particle that is not a hadron does not contain quarks. Fundamental bosons and leptons are the only category of particles that do not contain quarks.


What is the difference between mesons and leptons?

Mesons are part of the Hadron group along with Baryons, and are subatomic particles composed of one quark and one antiquark. (Baryons being composed of three quarks.) Quarks and leptons are elementary particles, and that is the fundamental difference.


Why must quarks and leptons combine in twos or threes?

Quarks and leptons must combine in twos or threes due to the principles of quantum chromodynamics and the Standard Model of particle physics. Quarks combine in groups of three to form baryons (like protons and neutrons) or in pairs to form mesons, adhering to the requirement of color charge conservation. Leptons, on the other hand, exist as individual particles or in pairs with their corresponding neutrinos, but they do not combine to form composite particles like quarks do. This structure ensures the stability of matter and reflects the fundamental symmetries and conservation laws governing particle interactions.


How do scientists know that the quark is the smallest unit of matter?

In the Standard Model, the quarks are not the smallest unit of matter. The leptons are, specifically the electron neutrino, Ve, with a mass of less than 2.2 eV.


How many different quarks are there in Chemistry?

In an atom, the neutrons and protons are made up of up quarks and down quarks. Strange quarks, charms quarks, top quarks, and bottom quarks also exist, but do not play as much of a role in the structure of an atom.

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