The strong force is several million times stronger between quarks inside nucleons than the electromagnetic force is between charged particles. In fact if you apply enough energy to a nucleon to knock out a "free quark" the excess energy is enough to create a shower of quark-antiquark pairs that are attracted to the "free quark" and to each other resulting in a shower of ordinary nucleons and no free quarks.
Free electrons exist in the conduction band, which is the highest energy band in a material where electrons are free to move and conduct electricity.
Free electrons typically exist in the conduction band of a material's energy band structure. In the conduction band, electrons are not bound to any specific atom and are free to move and conduct electricity.
The nature of materials affects resistance because different materials have varying numbers of free electrons, which are responsible for conducting electricity. Materials with more free electrons, like metals, have lower resistance since electrons can flow more easily through them. Conversely, insulating materials have high resistance because they have very few free electrons available for conducting electricity.
Quarks do not exist as free particles and are always found within larger particles such as protons and neutrons. As a result, it is not meaningful to assign a speed to an individual quark.
Metals are conducting in nature because they have plenty of free electrons that can move freely throughout the material. These delocalized electrons can carry electric current due to their ability to flow easily in response to an electric field.
Actually quarks can exist freely.
Free electrons exist in the conduction band, which is the highest energy band in a material where electrons are free to move and conduct electricity.
because they are too reactive to exist on their own, they bond with other elements in nature to satisfy their need for electrons
Protons and neutrons are found in the nucleus. While these are theoretically composed of quarks (conversely even more massive particles), quarks do not exist in a free state so are not "fundamental particles" by definition.
Free electrons typically exist in the conduction band of a material's energy band structure. In the conduction band, electrons are not bound to any specific atom and are free to move and conduct electricity.
Yes, becasue there is nothing that makes them. That is as small as it gets! Although never experimental observed, quarks are the building blocks within hadrons such as protons and neutrons. Their size is speculative, but they are clearly smaller than a hadron. Neutrinos have far less mass than even electrons, and thus could be considered "smaller."
Yes, it does not exist free in nature.
Quarks, which are fundamental particles, all "suffer" from an extension of one of their basic characteristics (color) called color confinement, and this has a consequence. Quarks are never found free in space anywhere outside a hadron (like a proton or neutron) which they make up. Quarks, which are the bulding blocks of hardons, simply cannot exist outside the particles in which they are those building blocks. Links can be found below for more information.
Question as posed makes no sense. Free? In nature? If so, no.
The nature of materials affects resistance because different materials have varying numbers of free electrons, which are responsible for conducting electricity. Materials with more free electrons, like metals, have lower resistance since electrons can flow more easily through them. Conversely, insulating materials have high resistance because they have very few free electrons available for conducting electricity.
Quarks do not exist as free particles and are always found within larger particles such as protons and neutrons. As a result, it is not meaningful to assign a speed to an individual quark.
Metals are conducting in nature because they have plenty of free electrons that can move freely throughout the material. These delocalized electrons can carry electric current due to their ability to flow easily in response to an electric field.