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If neutrons are made of other charged particles, neutrons are not particles. And I can't figure out any other particles without charge.. Is Electromagnetism a property of all particles?
Jarfi said:If neutrons are made of other charged particles, neutrons are not particles. And I can't figure out any other particles without charge.. Is Electromagnetism a property of all particles?
PatrickPowers said:Neutrinos are elementary particles that have no charge. Dark matter has no charge, so most matter has no charge.
Jarfi said:If neutrons are made of other charged particles, neutrons are not particles.
DaveC426913 said:This is not true.
While neutrons can be formed by the merging of an electron and a proton, they does not mean they are made of other particles. Subatomic particles are made of quarks. The type of quarks they have determines their charge. And they can change from one type to another.
Jarfi said:Wait what? neutrons are particles? but I have always seen them described as three quarks orbiting each others? and protons to, so I tought they were just groups of quarks? and I assumed it to be like the atom, where the atom is not a particle because it is a group of particles. Aren't all particles that aren't point particles made of other particles?
this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Quark_structure_neutron.svg
Not all particles have charge. Particles can be classified into two categories: charged particles and neutral particles. Charged particles, such as protons and electrons, have a net electrical charge, while neutral particles, such as neutrons, have no net charge.
The charge of a particle is determined by its fundamental properties, such as its mass and electric field. For example, protons have a positive charge because they have a larger mass and a stronger electric field compared to electrons, which have a negative charge.
Yes, particles can have both positive and negative charges. For example, atoms can have both positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons. However, the total charge of an atom is always neutral because the number of protons and electrons cancel each other out.
No, particles cannot have fractions or decimals of charge. Charge is a fundamental unit of measure and cannot be split into smaller parts. Therefore, particles can only have a whole number of charges, such as +1 or -2.
Yes, particles can have different types of charges. There are two types of charges: positive and negative. Particles can have either one of these charges, or they can be neutral. However, particles cannot have more than one type of charge at the same time.