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: '''Subatomic particles''' include all [[Fundamental Particle|fundamental particle]]s as well as some other low [[mass]] [[particle]]s made from a combination of [[Fundamental Particle|fundamental particles]]. | : '''Subatomic particles''' include all [[Fundamental Particle|fundamental particle]]s as well as some other low [[mass]] [[particle]]s made from a combination of [[Fundamental Particle|fundamental particles]]. | ||
: Some '''subatomic particles''' you should know are: | : Some '''subatomic particles''' you should know are: | ||
| − | :*[[Lepton]]s - [[Fundamental Particle| | + | :*[[Lepton]]s - A group of [[Fundamental Particle|fundamental particles]] |
:**[[Electron]] - A type of [[lepton]] with a [[mass]] of 9.11x10<sup>-31</sup> and a [[Electrical Charge|charge]] of -1.60x10<sup>-19</sup>. | :**[[Electron]] - A type of [[lepton]] with a [[mass]] of 9.11x10<sup>-31</sup> and a [[Electrical Charge|charge]] of -1.60x10<sup>-19</sup>. | ||
:**[[Muon]] - A type of [[lepton]] often referred to as a 'heavy electron' same [[Electrical Charge|charge]] as an [[electron]] (-1.60x10<sup>-19</sup>) but a [[mass]] 206 times the [[mass]] of an [[electron]]. | :**[[Muon]] - A type of [[lepton]] often referred to as a 'heavy electron' same [[Electrical Charge|charge]] as an [[electron]] (-1.60x10<sup>-19</sup>) but a [[mass]] 206 times the [[mass]] of an [[electron]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:56, 18 July 2019
Contents
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A subatomic particle is any particle smaller than an atom.
About Subatomic Particles
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A subatomic particle is any particle smaller than an atom.
About Subatomic Particles
Key Stage 5
Meaning
A subatomic particle is any particle smaller than an atom.
About Subatomic Particles
- Subatomic particles include all fundamental particles as well as some other low mass particles made from a combination of fundamental particles.
- Some subatomic particles you should know are:
- Leptons - A group of fundamental particles
- Quarks - A group of subatomic particle believed to be fundamental but have never been on their own. They always exists in either a triplet of quarks or a quark-antiquark pair.
- Hadrons - Subatomic particles made of quarks.
- Bosons - Subatomic particles which mediate the fundamental interactions.
- Photon - A type of boson which mediates the electromagnetic interaction.
- W-boson - A type of boson which mediates the weak nuclear interaction.
- Z-boson - A type of boson which mediates the weak nuclear interaction.