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Particle Physics

Relatively recent experimental results have confirmed what philosophers throughout history had theorized all along; that all matter is made up of elementary particles. Those curious about this cutting-edge field of physics known as particle physics should post their questions here, including those about fundamental particles, fundamental forces, Grand Unified Theories, and the extraordinary devices that have been or need to be engineered to research them.

3,842 Questions

What is the lifetime of the Charmed B meson?

The lifetime of a Charmed B meson, also known as a B^0 meson, is approximately 1.5 picoseconds before it decays into other particles. This decay process typically involves the weak force and leads to the production of lighter particles such as kaons and pions.

What is the charge on an electron in SI units?

A neutron has no charge (neutron-neutral). It is simply there for weight.

What are facts on electrons?

Electrons are particles that are very small (1836 times smaller than a nucleon and 9.109 X 10 to the --31 times less massive than a nucleon). They have an equal amount of charge as a proton, but obviously, the electron's charge is negative. An electron is both a particle and a wave, sharing characteristics of both. Their orbits are found in cloud-like structures, and you can never exactly know where an electron is, only which structure it is found in (depending on which orbital and spin it has). Electrons can be used as valence electrons, meaning they determine the chemical properties of an element, by how that atom is able to interact with other atoms (for more see Periodic Table). Electrons can be ejected from a atom in one type of Beta decay (an antineutrino is also released, but that's a different story). The corresponding antimatter particle of an electron is the positron. Electrons are leptons (a type of fundamental particle, including 2 other similar particles and 3 corresponding antineutrinos). There is so much more to say about Electrons, consult most physics textbooks or a chemistry textbook for more!

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Electricity is the flow of which subatomic particles?

Electricity is the flow of electrons, which are negatively charged subatomic particles. When electrons move through a conductor, such as a wire, they create an electric current. This flow of electrons is what we commonly refer to as electricity.

What are not subatomic particles?

Atoms, molecules, and cells are not subatomic particles. Atoms are made up of subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons), molecules are made up of atoms, and cells are the basic unit of life in living organisms.

What is loanpair electron?

someone correct me if im wrong, but i think its electrons that are not used in the bonding of molecules, shown as 2 dots (or crosses, whatever you use) attached with a sort of bubble to the body of the molecule. Only 2 electrons are paired and in a bubble.

hope that sorta helped =)

Which element has 4 unpaired electrons?

Iron (Fe) is the element that has 4 unpaired electrons in its electron configuration.

What is baryonic matter?

BARYONS: family of sub-atomic particles referring to tri-quarks that is it is made up of three quarks. Their baryon number is 1. Each baryon has an antiparticle in which quark is replaced by corresponding antiquarks Examples:- lambda, sigma ,proton, neutron, xi, omega They can also be defined as strongly interacting fermions.

How do electron produce light?

Depends on how they are being used. In an incandesent bulb, the most common lightbulb, electrons are fed through a tungsten filiment in a vaccum, which causes the filiment to glow and emit light and heat. Florscents work differently. In a florscent, uv waves hit a coating inside the bulb, which then illuminates and produces light. In this case the electrons are powering the device that emits the uv waves.

Subatomic particles may be described as?

These particles are components of atoms and the basic "bricks" of matter.

Neutron:

Mass: 1,00866491600(43) amu.

Charge: neutral

Electron:

Mass: 5,4857990946(22)×10−4 amu.

Charge: negative

Proton:

Mass: 1,007276466812(90) amu.

Charge: positive

Are protons magnets?

If you are studying NMR spectroscopy or MRI you can essentially view protons as little magnets that will line up along an external field.

Who created the quantum theory?

Quantum theory was developed by multiple scientists in the early 20th century, including Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger. Each of them made significant contributions to the development of quantum theory.

Which of these atoms has the greatest number of electrons?

Among the elements that occur in nature, it's Uranium, with 92 protons in the nucleus.

Small amounts of atoms with higher atomic numbers are produced in particle accelerators.

Their nuclei are unstable, and break down into nuclei with lower atomic numbers.

What is the exact location of Germany?

Germany is located in central Europe, bordered by nine other countries: Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west.

Are atoms most stable when they have partially filled shells?

No, atoms are most stable when their outermost electron shells are completely filled. This is because a full outer shell results in a lower energy state, making the atom more stable. Partially filled shells can lead to greater reactivity as atoms seek to fill or empty their outermost shell.

What is the lifetime of an electron?

The life of an isotope depends on whether it is stable or not. Stable isotopes do not decay and therefore, do not have an lifetime since they do not go away. Unstable isotopes decay at predictable rates. However, each unstable isotope decays at a its own rate. Therefore, the life of an unstable isotope depends on the isotope in question. Some isotopes have extremely short lifetimes (milliseconds) and other have extremely long lifetimes (billions of years).

Who measured the charge on the electron?

Sir Joseph Thomson (J.J. Thomson) determined the charge of the electron in 1897, calling them "corpuscles." Previously electron beams had been referred to as Lenard rays and cathode rays.
J.J. Thompson with his cathod ray tube experiment.

What is inside proton?

Protons are positively charged particles found inside the nucleus of an atom. Every atom of a particular element contains the same number of protons.Each element has a unique atomic number, or a unique number of protons in its nucleus.Proton number never changes for any given element. For example, oxygen has an atomic number of 8. That tells us that oxygen always has 8 protons.

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What is the element with the Neutron number 44.96?

You can't have 0.946 of a neutron. You've either got a whole neutron or you don't. So the answer is "there is no element with a neutron number of 3.946".

The average number of neutrons in lithium is close to that. Somewhere between about 7.5% and 3.75% of lithium atoms have 3 neutrons; the rest have 4. That nicely brackets an average of 3.946 (which would correspond to 5.4% 6Li)

Electron configuration for Sn?

Long-hand version: 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2 3d^10 4p^6 5s^2 4d^10 5p^2 Short-hand version: [Kr] 5s^2 4d^10 5p^2 Note: The "^" symbol means the the following number is in the form of a superscript.

How do neutrons work?

Neutrons are subatomic particles found in the nucleus of an atom. They have no electric charge, but they play a crucial role in stabilizing the nucleus by providing nuclear binding energy. Neutrons are also involved in nuclear reactions, such as fission and fusion, and can be used in applications like nuclear power generation and neutron scattering studies.

All protons have the same mass?

They are very close but the neutron has slightly greater mass. The masses are as follows:

Proton: 1,6726 X 10-27 kg

Neutron: 1,6749 X 10-27 kg

The proton is about .13% smaller than the neutron Another good way to think about it is that the masses equate this way:

Mass of 1 Proton + Mass of 1 electron approximately = Mass of 1 neutron

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