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Strange-quark

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About Strange-quarks
==Key Stage 5==
===Meaning===
An A '''strange-quark''' ('''s''') is a type of [[quark]] with a [[Electrical Charge|charge]] of <math>-\frac{1}{3}</math> and a [[strangeness]] of -1.
===About Strange-quarks===
: The '''strange-quark''' is denoted with a lower case '''s'''.
: The '''strange-quark''' [[Radioactive Decay|decays]] via the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak interaction]] into a [[down-quark]], losing it's [[strangeness]].
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|+ Properties of the '''strange-quark'''.
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''[[Quark]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|[[Electrical Charge|'''Charge''']]/[[Elementary Charge|e]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Strange-quark]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>qQ=-\frac{1}{3}</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=-1</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>bB=+\frac{1}{3}</math>| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>lL=0</math>
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Antistrange-quark]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>qQ=+\frac{1}{3}</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=+1</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>bB=-\frac{1}{3}</math>| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>lL=0</math>
|}