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Are humans made out of baryonic matter?

Yes. All normal matter is composed of protons, neutrons and electrons, as these are the only truly stable particles we know of.Protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks in the stable balance uud and ddu respectively, so these two belong to the baryon family.All atomic nuclei in the periodic table of elements- carbon, nitrogen, oxygen etc, are comprised of a varying number of protons and neutrons at their nucleus, giving them their different weights and properties.So to cut a lot of fluff short- yes, humans are comprised of baryonic matter, because only protons and neutrons are stable enough to form atomic nuclei.Hope that helps!


What would happen if you replaced all the electrons in the human body with positrons?

If all the electrons in the human body were replaced with positrons, the positrons would annihilate with nearby electrons, creating gamma radiation. This would lead to immediate destruction of the body's molecular structure and result in a catastrophic event, causing severe harm or death.


Is atom a Cancer?

No, an atom is a basic unit of matter, consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Cancer, on the other hand, is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells in the body. The two are entirely different concepts.


What elements is it made of?

Atoms of elements are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. The number of protons is always the same for every atom of a given element. Thus, the number of electrons is also constant for a pure element (which is electrically neutral). However, the number of neutrons can vary; this variation leads to what are known as isotopes.


The tiny very dense body located in the atoms center is called the atomic .?

The tiny very dense body located in the atom's center is called the atomic nucleus. It contains protons and neutrons, which make up the majority of the atom's mass. Electrons orbit around the nucleus in the electron cloud.

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Are humans made out of baryonic matter?

Yes. All normal matter is composed of protons, neutrons and electrons, as these are the only truly stable particles we know of.Protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks in the stable balance uud and ddu respectively, so these two belong to the baryon family.All atomic nuclei in the periodic table of elements- carbon, nitrogen, oxygen etc, are comprised of a varying number of protons and neutrons at their nucleus, giving them their different weights and properties.So to cut a lot of fluff short- yes, humans are comprised of baryonic matter, because only protons and neutrons are stable enough to form atomic nuclei.Hope that helps!


What would happen if you replaced all the electrons in the human body with positrons?

If all the electrons in the human body were replaced with positrons, the positrons would annihilate with nearby electrons, creating gamma radiation. This would lead to immediate destruction of the body's molecular structure and result in a catastrophic event, causing severe harm or death.


How many protons neutrons and electrons does a human have?

Sorry, if I started counting and calculating right now, I wouldn't be ready to answer this before the ending of this year. Impossible to give the answer on this.


Why must a positively charged body have a deficiency of protons?

It doesn't. A positively charged body is deficient in electrons. In an uncharged object there are equal numbers of positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons. Removing electrons will leave more protons than electrons, so the object will be positively charged. Such an object is said to have a deficiency or electrons rather than a surplus of electrons because it is generally easier to remove electrons than it is to add protons. Electrons occupy the outer shells of an atom and have a much lower mass than protons. The protons, by contrast, are bound together in the dense nucleus.


Is there more protons in and ion than electrons?

Short Answer: The human body (and most other objects) is (are) normally neutral and that means the number of protons is very nearly equal to the number of protons. There will be a few more electron or a few less at any given time based on interactions of the body (or object) with its enviroment, but unless there is a specific process that adds or subtracts a substantial number of electron, the body (the object) will be almost neutral. While it is true that the body is a complex system of electrolytes with positive and negative ions, they balance and the body is still nearly neutral. Another Answer: In all neutral atoms, the number of protons and electrons are equal. When atoms form compounds, they transfer electrons to and from one another, but the total amount of electrons remains the same. If you _did_ have many more protons or electrons, your body would become electrically charged (negatively for an excess of electrons, and positively for an excess of protons). This is indeed what happens when you run your feet through a rug and get a static charge, making your hair stand up and causing you to spark on a doorknob. But normally, the amount of protons and electrons are the same.


What does potassium contain?

Potassium is a mineral that plays a key role in many functions of the body, including fluid balance, muscle contractions, and nerve signaling. It is an electrolyte that helps maintain proper muscle function and blood pressure levels. It is commonly found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.


Where can electrons and neutrons found?

inside the nucleus


Where does the electricity in your body come from what is it doing in there how can you measure it can it become unbalanced and if so how can you alter or stabilize it?

As we learned in intro physics, everything is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. When these charges are out of balance, an atom becomes either positively or negatively charged. The switch between one type of charge and the other allows electrons to flow from one atom to another. This flow of electrons, or a negative charge, is what we call electricity. Since our bodies are huge masses of atoms, we can generate electricity.


Is atom a Cancer?

No, an atom is a basic unit of matter, consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Cancer, on the other hand, is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells in the body. The two are entirely different concepts.


What do you mean by charged and uncharged body?

Atoms normally contain equal numbers of protons and electrons. The amount of positive charge on a single proton is identical to the amount of negative charge on a single electron. So atoms and, therefore, the body from which they are formed, are normally neutral because the amount of positive charge is exactly countered by the amount of negative charge. A body acquires a charge if there is an imbalance between the number of protons and electrons within its atoms. If the electrons outnumber the protons, then the body acquires a negative charge; if the protons outnumber the electrons, then the body acquires a positive charge. The amount of charge is determined by the amount of imbalance between protons and electrons. WebRep currentVote noRating noWeight


What elements is it made of?

Atoms of elements are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. The number of protons is always the same for every atom of a given element. Thus, the number of electrons is also constant for a pure element (which is electrically neutral). However, the number of neutrons can vary; this variation leads to what are known as isotopes.


Does your body contain more neutrons than protons?

Short Answer:There are more protons than neutrons in the human body.This is primarily because we are mostly water and H2O is mostly hydrogen. Hydrogen is a single proton and is 25% of all the atoms in the body.Of the six elements that make up 99% of the mass of the human body (oxygen 65%, carbon 18%, hydrogen 10%, nitrogen 3%, calcium 1.4%, phosphorous 1.1%), all but hydrogen and phosphorous have an equal number protons and neutrons in the dominant isotope and hydrogen, be 25% of all atoms, overwhelms the balance giving more protons than neutrons.Long Answer:The human body (and other living things) contains a much greater number of protons than neutrons. Consider the data from the "related links" below which describe the elemental composition of the human body. This data allows one to calculate the number of neutrons and protons for each element and determine that there are about 4.15*10^27 protons more than the number of neutrons.Perform the following calculations for each of the elements on the list: determine the difference between number of neutrons and protons in the atomic nucleus and call it N-P ('N' minus 'P') for each element; divide the mass in grams of the element in the human body by the atomic mass of the element to get the moles of the element in the human body; multiply the moles by Avagadro's constant (~6.022*10^23) to get the number of atoms; multiply the number of atoms with N-P to get the net neutrons for the element.The list at the cited webpage is conveniently in order of most abundant to least abundant. If we look at only the first fifteen elements at the ones that have N-P not equal to zero we find that the net neutrons is on the order of -(10^27). This is due to the fact that Hydrogen has 1 proton and 0 neutrons (N-P = -1), and with a mass contribution of 7 kilograms to the human body, adds nearly 7000 moles of protons. Note, I'm ignoring the rest of the elements on the list after Cadmiun (the fifteenth with N-P != 0) since the mass contribution after Cadmium is less than 0.050 grams, none of the remaining elements should be able to contribute enough neutrons to increase the net neutrons into positive range. (The trend is much more clear if you perform the calculations and list the elements.)Additionally, although Carbon makes up ~16 kilograms of the body, the amount of isotopic carbon is only about 1% of that value at most, so the contribution from isotopic carbon would be only about 160 grams, which if it were all C14, would only add 1.38*10^25 neutrons.