ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, table

Elementary Particles
LeptonsParticleSymbolMass (MeV/c2)Electric Charge
electrone-0.511−1
muonμ-105.7−1
tauτ1784.1−1
electron neutrinoνe<7.3×10−60
muon neutrinoνμ<0.270
tau neutrinoντ<350
Quarks1
downd5–15− 1 / 3
upu2–8 2 / 3
stranges100–300− 1 / 3
charmc1300–1700 2 / 3
bottomb4700–5300− 1 / 3
topt>91,000 2 / 3
Gauge Bosons
photonγ00
gluong00
W-bosonW80,2001
Z-bosonZ91,1700
Some Sample HadronsParticleSymbolMass (MeV/c2)Electric ChargeQuark Content
positive pionπ+139.61ud
positive kaonK+493.71us
protonp938.31uud
neutronn939.60udd
lambdaΛ1115.60uds
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For each of these particles, except the photon, gluon, and Z-boson, there is an antiparticle with the same mass and opposite charge. In most cases the antiparticle is denoted by an overbar over the particle symbol (e.g., the symbol for the antiproton is p.

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The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation
Book by Robert K. Adair; Oxford University Press, 1989
Subjects: Field Theory (Physics), Particles (Nuclear Physics), Physics
...flatworms studied a cubic crystal of table salt and concluded that a salt...found that there are three such particles with spins of - 1, 0, and...flatland space. For salt crystals or elementary particles, the description is simpler in...
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Subcellular Particles: A Symposium Held during the Meeting of the Society of General Physiologists at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, June 9-11, 1958
Book by Teru Hayashi; Ronald Press Co., 1959
Subjects: Cytology
...for common physical and chemical properties, including ultraviolet spectra fig. 2 , elementary composition, as well as solubility and color reactions table 1 . Of the synthetic lignins tabulated, the product isolated from celery
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The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance
Book by Eric R. Scerri; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: Chemical Elements, Periodic Law--Tables
...discoveries is given in table 1.1. This story is not...few gaps in the periodic table. The last gap to be filled...beams of pure atoms or pure elementary particles such as neutrons. These particles can be fired at each other...
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Learning Science in the Schools: Research Reforming Practice
Book by Shawn M. Glynn, Reinders Duit; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995
Subjects: Learning, Psychology Of, Science--Study And Teaching (Elementary), Science--Study And Teaching (Secondary)
...Stavy, 1988b , as can be seen in Table 6.1 . When directly asked what...25 a 80 b Distance between particles -- -- -- -- 25 70 Motion of particles -- -- -- -- 10 20 Arrangement of particles -- -- -- -- 5 5 Attraction forces...
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Janice Vancleave's Scientists through the Ages
Book by Janice VanCleave; John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Subjects: Discoveries In Science, Science--Experimentse, Science--Study And Teaching (Elementary), Scientists--Biography
...With a device called a particle accelerator, tiny particles can Observe the path...has to be bombarded by particles such as neutrons (uncharged particles inside an atoms nucleus...Lay a cloth towel on a table to keep the marbles from...
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Understanding of Earth and Space Science Concepts: Strategies for Concept-Building in Elementary Teacher Preparation
Journal article by Nermin Bulunuz, Olga S. Jarrett; School Science and Mathematics, Vol. 109, 2009
Subjects: Astronomy--Study and teaching, Earth sciences--Study and teaching, Elementary school teachers--Practice, Elementary school teaching--Practice, Science education--Evaluation, Science teachers--Practice, Sciences education--Evaluation
...a number of settings from elementary school to university, with...methods classes preparing elementary school teachers can model...the two learning methods. Table 2 shows which concepts were...or two activities each at tables around the classroom. The...50) =. 05, p >.05. Table 5 shows the means and standard...visual comparison between Tables 5 and 4 shows that without...
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Elementary Students' Ideas concerning Fossil Fuel Energy
Journal article by Audrey C. Rule; Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 53, 2005
Subjects: Elementary school students, Energy resources, Fossil fuels, Polls & surveys
...fuel-producing area as the elementary students in the study sample...important role of teaching elementary students science, among other...misconceptions expressed by elementary children concerning fossil...their responses are shown in Table 6. The results of this survey...
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Combustion-Derived Ultrafine Particles Transport Organic Toxicants to Target Respiratory Cells
Journal article by Arthur Penn, Gleeson Murphy, Steven Barker, William Henk, Lynn Penn; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: Air pollution, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health
...to the surface of the BDS particles. For undetermined reasons, occasional burns yielded particles that did not fluoresce in...fluorescence. These were not used. Particle size distribution. Most particles in freshly generated BDS are...particles are PM.sub.2.5 (Table 1). Elemental analyses...
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Particle Concentrations in Urban Microenvironments
Journal article by Jonathan I. Levy, E. Andres Houseman, Louise Ryan, Dejuran Richardson, John D. Spengler; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 108, 2000
...environments. Table 3. Ratios between...indoor and outdoor particle counts (particles/cm.sup.3...significantly greater particle counts and mass...particularly for smaller particle sizes (Table 4). For particles is greater than...
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Thai University Students' Prior Knowledge about P-waves Generated during Particle Motion
Journal article by Suttida Rakkapao, Kwan Arayathanitkul, Passakorn Pananont; Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 57, 2009
Subjects: Students, University students
...the belief that particles move forward in...arrive (Group 2 in Table 1). Most students...moving path of the particle. Some drawings...fourth group (Table 1) exhibited...the motion of particles in a medium...learned about the particle motion of longitudinal...fifth group (Table 1) lacked basic...example, "the particle should move forward...should carry their particles to the destination...
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Square Pegs and Round Holes
Magazine article by Peter B. Weichman; Skeptic, Vol. 7, 1999
...extraordinarily hot soup of elementary particles created by the Big Bang...of earthbased time (table on p. 60), and claiming...Hubble constant (see any elementary book on cosmology...Blueshift (z+1)" in the Table on p. 60, which lists...
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Extreme Measures: Atom Interferometry's Precision Could Make It the Swiss Army Knife of Physics
Magazine article by Ewen Callaway; Science News, Vol. 173, February 16, 2008
Subjects: Atoms--Properties, Electronics in navigation--Technology application, Interferometry--Properties, Interferometry--Usage, Navigation systems--Technology application
...be determined by the particles speed and mass; the heavier and faster the particle, the shorter its wavelength...20-by-20-foot table at the National Institute...the worlds largest particle accelerator, the Large...called supersymmetric particles--sparticles...neutrinos, and other elementary particles that fill...
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The Functional Equivalent of God: Looking at the Cosmos and Seeing God
Magazine article by Victor J. Stenger; Skeptic, Vol. 6, 1998
...52 of them out face-up on the table, in four columns of thirteen...likely once it is laid out on the table. Ross has no way of knowing what...parameters such as the masses of the elementary particles. We can make some estimates for...
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China Gone Modern: Amid Explosive Growth and Modernization, China and CFI Congress Speakers Ponder Sustainability and the Popularization, Enjoyment, Understanding, and Widest Possible Applications of Science
Magazine article by Kendrick Frazier; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 32, March 2008
Subjects: China--Economic aspects, Economic growth--Analysis, Research institutes--Alliances and partnerships, Research institutes--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Science and state--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Science and state--Economic aspects, Science and state--Social aspects, Science organizations--Alliances and partnerships, Science organizations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Science policy--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Science policy--Economic aspects, Science policy--Social aspects, Scientific development--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Scientific development--Economic aspects, Scientific development--Social aspects, Scientific societies--Alliances and partnerships, Scientific societies--Conferences, meetings and seminars
...Enlightenment, and the Internet." The Periodic Table, Kroto demonstrated, is based on the numbers 1...field theory of all the fundamental forces and all the elementary particles. Yet Gell-Mann scorned the often-used phrase...
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An Accidental World
Magazine article by Taner Edis; Free Inquiry, Vol. 22, Fall 2002
Subjects: Causation--Religious aspects, Physics, Religion and science, Stochastic processes
...including, for example, particle-antiparticle pairs popping...generate all interactions between elementary particles based on abstract symmetry...at random, somewhat like a particle-antiparticle pair or multiple...a predetermined but hidden table. In other words, there is...
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Two-Day Planner
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 23, 2010
Subjects: Community supported agriculture, Elementary school students, Forest reserves
...PTO of J.B. Nelson Elementary School, 334 William...art submitted from elementary students in Batavia...Beams for Mysterious Particles" by Fermilab scientist...Street in Batavia. New particle accelerators that produce...neutrino beams and particle detectors the size...hands-on building table will be available and...
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Gravel Mining Has No Place in Residential Area
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), October 26, 2006
Subjects: City councils, Mineral industry, Mining industry, Sand and gravel industry, Sand, gravel and stone industry
...could be used for a future elementary school. This zone extends...especially the smallest particles, can be inhaled into the...lowering of the local water table that would occur due to the...effect will be when water tables rise during large winter storms...groundwater will cause water tables outside the aquaclude to rise...
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Honey Has Some Sweet Health Benefits
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 30, 2005
...Kang, 10, a fifth-grader at Hawthorn Elementary North in Vernon Hills. Honey from bees...making the sticky goo clear. Its the particles and crystalline pieces you might find...If you have a cute honey pot for your table, Krengel says to fill it with only enough...


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encyclopedia articles on: Elementary Particles table  - 6 results

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Elementary Particles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (table) Elementary Particles Leptons Particle Symbol Mass (MeV/c 2 ) Electric Charge electron e - 0.511 1 muon - 105.7 1 tau 1784.1 1 electron neutrino e <7.3O10 6 0 muon neutrino <0.27 0 tau neutrino <35 0...
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Elementary Particles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and the W and Z particles are bosons. Basic categories of particles have also been...according to other particle behavior. The...strongly interacting particles were classified...circuit. See table entitled Elementary Particles . Conservation...
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Atom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...being an uncharged particle and the proton a positively...has shown that all particles in motion also have...properties. For a particle the size of an electron...tiny, indivisible particles in constant motion...Dalton to the Periodic Table Modern atomic theory...between the hundreds of elementary particles that have...
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Science
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...that light is composed of tiny particles, or corpuscles, whose behavior...of motion the motion of the particles of which substances are composed...as a large aggregate of many particles and applies statistical methods...Mendeleev, in his periodic table, showed how the chemical elements...
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Proton
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROTON elementary particle having a single...see periodic table ). The mass...scattering of alpha particles; in 1919 he...baryon class of elementary particles . The proton...triplets of the elementary particle called the quark...
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