A neutron is actually heavier than a proton because a neutron is made up of a proton + an electron + subatomic particles. The relative masses are: * Mass of neutron: 1,6749 x 10^(-27) kg * Mass of proton : 1,6726 x 10^(-27) kg * Mass of electron: 0,00091x10^(-27) kg
If the electron were the size of a golf ball, the proton would be about the size of a basketball and the electron would be orbiting about 8000 meters away (assuming the Bohr model of the atom).
If a proton would be 1, an electron would be 0.000544. An electron is 1,836 times lighter than a proton. A neutron would be 1.001 as a proton is 99.86% the mass of a neutron
The proton mass is about 2,000 times greater than the electron mass.
The electron is the smallest of these entities, being a subatomic particle with a mass much smaller than that of a neutron or an ion. Neutrons and ions are composed of multiple subatomic particles and have greater mass compared to electrons.
An electron is much smaller in size than an atom. An atom consists of a nucleus (protons and neutrons) surrounded by electrons. The size of an electron is much smaller compared to the entire atom.
The neutron has a mass that is nearly equal to the combined mass of a proton and an electron. This is due to the fact that the neutron is slightly heavier than the proton, while the electron has a much smaller mass.
Because proton and neutron are in about one thousand times heavier than electron.
The mass of a proton and neutron are pretty close. So the ratio will be roughly 1 to 1 (or 1:1). The neutron is heavier and if memory serves it is exactly the mass of an electron heavier than a proton. Note it takes around 1820 electron to equal the mass of one proton.
Because proton and neutron are in about one thousand times heavier than electron.
an electron is much lighter than a proton or neutron.
The electron, the neutron and the proton are the building blocks of the atom. And of the three, the electron is far and away the lightest. The neutron is slightly heavier than the proton, and either particle is over 1800 times more massive than our little electron.
Smaller than a neutron
Yes. The electron is the smallest whole particle.
An Alpha particle is composed of two protons and two neutrons, so simplisticly it is heavier than one neutron by the mass of two protons and one neutron. A proton weighs in at 1.672621777(74)×10−27 kg and a neutron a bit more at 1.674927351(74)×10−27 so you can do the maths if u want to see the actual figure.
yes the mass of an electron is much tinnier fraction of the mass of an atom
The nucleus is far more massive than the electron cloud. The mass of the electron cloud is almost negligible compared to that of the nucleus.
If the electron were the size of a golf ball, the proton would be about the size of a basketball and the electron would be orbiting about 8000 meters away (assuming the Bohr model of the atom).