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by RedJohn on October 7th, 2005
The smallest particle that I am aware of is the quark. The quark is the basic building block of hadrons. There are two types of hadrons: baryons (three quarks) and mesons (one quark, one antiquark). Protons and the neutrons are stable baryons.
There are also leptons, a family of elementary particles that include electrons, muons, tauons, and neutrinos. Neutrinos were originally believed to have zero mass, but they have been found to have a very tiny mass, smaller than any subatomic particle.
Calling someone a 'hadron head' would be considered an insult among physicists.
How fast does a blast wave from a nuke travel?
by Zack on April 25th, 2011
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why do they say you can not change a radioactive half life when that is EXACTLY what we do in nuclear reactors and bombs?
by TAPriceCTR s son is wearing his COAT on December 10th, 2010
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How much radioactive material can spill into the Pacific Ocean before the ocean is polluted? Not enough nuclear reactors in the world?
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on April 4th, 2011
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Does it take much knowledge of science to know how to make a nuclear, or something similar, bomb?
by AlexanderTheGreat on April 25th, 2011
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How long does it take for a nuclear reactor to cool down naturally even if the coolant supply fails?
by anil m on March 17th, 2011
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by Milk Man on October 8th, 2005
I thought leptons were Irish particles that hide deep in the woods.
by Mr_Natural Abstractor of the Quintessence on August 30th, 2008