• Question: what gives something its mass?

    Asked by ellapowerxxx to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 16 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Hi @ellapowerxxx
      Thanks for the question.
      I’m now going to attempt to dredge up some physics from the back of my mind!
      Electrons don’t really have any mass, so mass is determined by the neutrons and protons in the nucleus of every atom.

      I think this is right, happy to be corrected by one of the other scientists if not though…

      🙂

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