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:**[[W-boson]] - A type of [[boson]] which mediates the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak nuclear interaction]]. | :**[[W-boson]] - A type of [[boson]] which mediates the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak nuclear interaction]]. | ||
:**[[Z-boson]] - A type of [[boson]] which mediates the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak nuclear interaction]]. | :**[[Z-boson]] - A type of [[boson]] which mediates the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak nuclear interaction]]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:27, 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 fundamental particle and 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.
- NB: The leptons and baryons all have anti-particle counterparts with the same mass but opposite charge.