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SHASHWAT PRATAP SING
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As we know that matter is Anything which has mass and occupies space then are the Subatomic particles like electron,proton and neutron a matter.
Is electron a matter ?
Is proton a matter ?
Is neutron a matter ?
As these particles have mass and they occupy space so they are matter,
But the wikipedia says-
"matter is not a fundamental concept because the elementary constituents of atoms are quantum entities which do not have an inherent "size" or "volume" in any everyday sense of the word. Due to the exclusion principle and other fundamental interactions, some "point particles" known as fermions (quarks, leptons), and many composites and atoms, are effectively forced to keep a distance from other particles under everyday conditions; this creates the property of matter which appears to us as matter taking up space."
Please Help Me.
Is electron a matter ?
Is proton a matter ?
Is neutron a matter ?
As these particles have mass and they occupy space so they are matter,
But the wikipedia says-
"matter is not a fundamental concept because the elementary constituents of atoms are quantum entities which do not have an inherent "size" or "volume" in any everyday sense of the word. Due to the exclusion principle and other fundamental interactions, some "point particles" known as fermions (quarks, leptons), and many composites and atoms, are effectively forced to keep a distance from other particles under everyday conditions; this creates the property of matter which appears to us as matter taking up space."
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