What does a proton look like?

Answer 1

As the question was originally posted in "Chemistry" by the person who asked it, the inquiry isn't about the vehicle. A proton is a subatomic particle. Some might refer to it as a hydrogen nucleus, which is also correct. It is so small that it cannot be seen in any conventional sense. Nothing that uses light reflected from an object to resolve it can be used on a proton. The diameter of a proton is about 1.6 to 1.7 x 10-15 meters. Forget trying to bounce photons off a proton, catch them on the rebound, and make a picture with them. A link to a website that has pictures of all of the protons is provided.

Answer 2

They don't look like anything, since you can't see them.

No, I don't mean to say that they're so small you need some special equipment to see them; I mean they're so small you can't see them even in theory. For various reasons you can't use light to see things that are smaller than its own wavelength, and the wavelength of blue light (almost the shortest wavelength of light we can see) is something on the order of 1000 times longer than an atom is wide, depending on how you define the radius of the atom. And protons, neutrons, and electrons are much, much smaller even than that. You can by various means figure out where they are, sometimes, and how many of them there are, but you could never ever see one.

Answer 3

A proton is a subatomic particle that is too small to be seen with the naked eye. It is a positively charged particle found in the nucleus of an atom and is composed of three quarks held together by the strong nuclear force. In terms of visual representation, protons are often depicted as small spheres or points in diagrams.

Answer 4

A hydrogen atom has a single proton as its nucleus with no neutrons. Around the nucleus is a single electron in an s shaped orbital cloud.

Answer 5

Unknown... it's a subatomic particle, meaning it essentially can't be seen.

Answer 6

We will never know; protons are far too small to see. If we COULD see them, they would likely be blurry from the vibration.

Answer 7

They don't "look" like anything. They're significantly smaller than visible wavelengths of light, so they cannot possibly be "seen."

Answer 8

umm, they r so small it's hard to see them not even

with any tool i think?