• Question: What are neutrons made of?

    Asked by to Anna, Elaine, Fiona, Kevin, Darren on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Zhiming Darren Tan

      Zhiming Darren Tan answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Charged particles, known as quarks. But it takes extremely high energy to break it down. Sort of like the energy it takes to melt gold into atoms, but a gazillion times more. (I’m not being very careful about how big a gazillion is, but I think you get the idea.)

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      Kevin O'Dell answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      I think we’ll trust Darren on this one.

    • Photo: Elaine Cloutman-Green

      Elaine Cloutman-Green answered on 19 Jun 2014:

      Quarks. Specifically up and down Quarks. These are fundamental particles that make up Hadrons such as Protons, Electrons and Neutrons. There is still much that we do not understand about Quarks and I understand hardly anything at all. I do know that I LOVE the name though.

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