Do traditional particles occupy space

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For example should a neutron be considered as a point, or does it have volume?
 
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For example should a neutron be considered as a point, or does it have volume?

Neutrons are composite particles, not elementary particles, and thus would have a non-zero size. An electron, being an elementary particle, is point-like. It has zero size.
 
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