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There are 6 different flavors of quarks. They are called up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom. Their charges are +2/3, -1/3, -1/3, +2/3, -1/3, and +2/3 respectively.

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What causes the charges in atomic particles?

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Which subatomic particles are attracted to each other?

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Quarks are held together by the strong nuclear force but how do gluons come into the picture. Heard stuff like gluons being emitted and absorbed and something about their colour. Please enlighten.?

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Does a neutron have both positive and negative charges?

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The difference between a quark and a lepton is?

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What sub atomic particles has a negative charge?

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If protons are positive and are made of two up quarks and one down quark why do neutrons have no charge but are made of two down quarks and one up quark?

The reason that protons are positive and neutrons have no charge is owed to the fact that quarks, which make up these particles, do not have integral charge. The charge of an up quark is +2/3, and the charge of a down quark is -1/3. When the charges of the quarks are added for the particles, we get the following: Proton = up quark + up quark + down quark = 2/3 + 2/3 - 1/3 = 4/3 - 1/3 = 3/3 = +1 Neutron = up quark + down quark + down quark = 2/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 = 2/3 - 2/3 = 0 (zero)


Why there is no charge on neutron?

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