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:**[[Z-boson]] - A type of [[boson]], with [[mass]], which carries no [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and mediates the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak nuclear interaction]] over distances smaller than the [[diameter]] of a [[proton]]. | :**[[Z-boson]] - A type of [[boson]], with [[mass]], which carries no [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and mediates the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak nuclear interaction]] over distances smaller than the [[diameter]] of a [[proton]]. | ||
: ''NB: The [[lepton]]s and [[baryon]]s all have [[anti-particle]] counterparts with the same [[mass]] but opposite [[Electrical Charge|charge]].'' | : ''NB: The [[lepton]]s and [[baryon]]s all have [[anti-particle]] counterparts with the same [[mass]] but opposite [[Electrical Charge|charge]].'' | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946403&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=32a0abb60dff015b15b50e9b1d7b4644 ''Subatomic particles, page 111, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Subatomic particles, page 123, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=47c8d1ae58d8b3a5e2094cd447154558 ''Sub-atomic particles, pages 13-17, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA ''] | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 13 November 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
- Electron - A type of lepton with a mass of 9.11x10-31kg and a charge of -1.60x10-19 Coulombs.
- Muon - A type of lepton often referred to as a 'heavy electron' same charge as an electron (-1.60x10-19 Coulombs) but a mass 206 times the mass of an electron.
- Neutrino - A type of lepton with zero charge and negligible mass.
- Quarks - A group of subatomic particle believed to be fundamental but have never been observed 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, with mass, which carries charge and mediates the weak nuclear interaction over distances smaller than the diameter of a proton.
- Z-boson - A type of boson, with mass, which carries no charge and mediates the weak nuclear interaction over distances smaller than the diameter of a proton.
- Leptons - A group of fundamental particles
- NB: The leptons and baryons all have anti-particle counterparts with the same mass but opposite charge.