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 ===About Baryons===
-: '''Baryons''' include:
+*[[Baryon]]s are part of the larger family of [[particle]]s called [[hadron]]s, which are composed of [[quark]]s held together by the [[Strong Nuclear Interaction|strong force]].
-:*[[Proton]] - A type of [[baryon]] with a [[mass]] of 1.67x10<sup>-27</sup>kg and a [[Electrical Charge|charge]] of 1.60x10<sup>-19</sup> [[Coulomb]]s, made of 2 [[Up-quark]]s and 1 [[Down-quark]].
+*'''Baryons''' include:
-:*[[Neutron]] - A type of [[baryon]] with a [[mass]] of 1.67x10<sup>-27</sup>kg and zero [[Electrical Charge|charge]], made of 2 [[Down-quark]]s and 1 [[Up-quark]].
+**[[Proton]] - A type of [[baryon]] with a [[mass]] of 1.67x10<sup>-27</sup>kg and a [[Electrical Charge|charge]] of 1.60x10<sup>-19</sup> [[Coulomb]]s, made of 2 [[Up-quark]]s and 1 [[Down-quark]].
-: There are many other [[baryon]]s made from different groups of [[quark]]s. However, these are unstable and exist only for very short periods of time before [[Radioactive Decay|decaying]] via the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak nuclear interaction]] into other, most stable, [[Subatomic Particle|subatomic particles]].
+**[[Neutron]] - A type of [[baryon]] with a [[mass]] of 1.67x10<sup>-27</sup>kg and zero [[Electrical Charge|charge]], made of 2 [[Down-quark]]s and 1 [[Up-quark]].
 : '''Baryons''' are affected by the:
 :*[[Strong Nuclear Interaction]]

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 ===Determining Baryon Composition===
 ''NB: You only need to memorise the names and [[quark]] composition of the [[proton]] and the [[neutron]]. However, you should be able to determine the [[quark]] composition given the [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and [[strangeness]] of a given [[baryon]] and by remembering the properties of the [[up-quark]], [[down-quark]] and [[strange-quark]].''
-: '''Baryons''' can be shown in the following diagram:
+: '''Baryons''' can be represented by the following diagram:
 {| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
 |-

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 | style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=0</math>
 | style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
-| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=1</math>
+| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=+1</math>
 | style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=0</math>
 |}

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 Therefore <math>Ξ^- = s + s + d</math>
-Xi Baryon = sdd
+Xi Baryon = ssd
 |}

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 Since <math>-1 = -\frac{1}{3} + -\frac{1}{3} -\frac{1}{3}</math>
-Therefore <math>Ξ^- = s + d + d</math>
+Therefore <math>Ξ^- = s + s + d</math>
 Xi Baryon = sdd
 |}

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 :*[[Electromagnetic Interaction]]
 :*[[Gravitational Interaction]]
 ===Determining Baryon Composition===

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 | style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |The composition of these '''baryons''' can be determined given their [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and [[strangeness]].
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	===Determining Baryon Composition===		===Determining Baryon Composition===
	''NB: You only need to memorise the names and [[quark]] composition of the [[proton]] and the [[neutron]]. However, you should be able to determine the [[quark]] composition given the [[Electrical Charge\|charge]] and [[strangeness]] of a given [[baryon]] and by remembering the properties of the [[up-quark]], [[down-quark]] and [[strange-quark]].''		''NB: You only need to memorise the names and [[quark]] composition of the [[proton]] and the [[neutron]]. However, you should be able to determine the [[quark]] composition given the [[Electrical Charge\|charge]] and [[strangeness]] of a given [[baryon]] and by remembering the properties of the [[up-quark]], [[down-quark]] and [[strange-quark]].''
		+	: '''Baryons''' can be shown in the following diagram:
		+	{\| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
		+	\|-
		+	\|[[File:BaryonHexagon.png\|center\|600px]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" \|The composition of these '''baryons''' can be determined given their [[Electrical Charge\|charge]] and [[strangeness]].
		+	\|}