Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Parts of the Atom continued

Here is more about the parts of the atom:

Protons and neutrons are made of quarks, electrons aren't made of anything because they are so small.
Quarks are made of gluons
The six types of quarks are up, down, top, bottom, charm, strange
The 3 types of quarks that made protons are up up down
The 3 types of quarks that made up neutrons are down down up
AMU stands for atomic mass unit
Protons= 1 amu, neutrons= 1 amu electrons=1/1836 amu

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