Beginners query about atomic model

Wendy

Joined Mar 24, 2008
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Electrons, they've decided to be a basic particle now(quark). They have a mini-chart similar to the Periodic Table but for quarks that shows which ones we know about, and what we expect to exist, currently it is "full" with 12 types of quarks, leptons, and bosons. Protons and Neutrons are still make of a few quarks each, and are a great deal larger than electrons.

Minor correction that may be re-corrected once more is discovered, it may be obsolete once the LHC goes to full power. (The theory, not the electron)
The only thing I have a problem with is the idea of energy levels. Electrons absorb photons, as well as giving them off. They also have mass. There is more than a quark in there IMO. I'll look into it though.
 
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