Quarks and gluons
Physics has not managed to discover a particle that accounts for mass
No, the nucleus itself is not a particle. It is made up of protons and neutrons, which are subatomic particles.
The smallest element in the world is the atom. Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter and are composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons. These subatomic particles are incredibly small and make up everything in the universe.
number of protons and number of neutrons
Fermion
All elements are composed of extremely small particles called atoms. Atoms are composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
...elementary particles... quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons electrons protons and neutrons
Physics has not managed to discover a particle that accounts for mass
The small particles in an atom are called subatomic particles, which include protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons and neutrons are located in the nucleus of the atom, while electrons orbit around the nucleus in specific energy levels.
To severely oversimplify it but remain accurate: quarks, leptons, intermediate vector bosons, and neutrinos. Every type of fundamental particle belongs to one of these categories, all particles in these categories are point particles (occupy zero volume).
The subatomic particles found in protons and neutrons are quarks. There are two types of quarks that combine to make either particle, up and down quarks. Protons are 2 ups and a down and neutrons are 2 downs and an up.
No, the nucleus itself is not a particle. It is made up of protons and neutrons, which are subatomic particles.
Atoms are made of sub-atomic particles. In total their are 3 sub-atomic particles, protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons and neutrons make up the nucleus of the atom and are roughly the same mass whilst electrons orbit the nucleus and are found within a range of different shells. Protons are positively charged, neutrons have no charge whilst electrons are negatively charged. In an atom which is not ionic there are always the same number of electrons as protons.
In the atom, protons and neutrons; the mass of the electron is very small.
No, particles and atoms are not the same. Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter, composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Particles, on the other hand, refer to any tiny piece of matter, including atoms, subatomic particles, and other small entities.
Neutrons consist of small particles, called "Quarks". Protons also consist of quarks, but what quarks is made of, is still not discovered.
Protons and neutrons are found inside the nucleus of an atom. Electrons orbit the nucleus in the electron cloud surrounding the nucleus.