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Subatomic Particles: Atoms Explained

The document discusses the basic building blocks of atoms including electrons, protons, and neutrons. It defines atoms as the smallest particle of a chemical element and notes that subatomic particles like electrons interact within atoms. Electrons are negatively charged and act as carriers of electricity in solids, while protons are positively charged and occur in atomic nuclei along with neutrons, which have no charge. Diagrams are also included showing the Rutherford atomic model and relative positions of electrons, protons, and neutrons within atoms.

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Subatomic Particles: Atoms Explained

The document discusses the basic building blocks of atoms including electrons, protons, and neutrons. It defines atoms as the smallest particle of a chemical element and notes that subatomic particles like electrons interact within atoms. Electrons are negatively charged and act as carriers of electricity in solids, while protons are positively charged and occur in atomic nuclei along with neutrons, which have no charge. Diagrams are also included showing the Rutherford atomic model and relative positions of electrons, protons, and neutrons within atoms.

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1.

Atom:
the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist.

Subatomic Particles:
any of numerous subatomic constituents of the physical world that interact with
each other, including electrons, neutrinos, photons, and alpha particles.

Electron:
a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms
and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.

Proton:
a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric
charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron.

Neutron:
a subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric
charge, present in all atomic nuclei except those of ordinary hydrogen.
2. Diagram of electron, proton, neutron

3. Diagram of Rutherford Atomic Model


5. Basic Difference between proton and electron is charge. Electrons are negatively
charged particles while protons are positively charged.

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