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Science

JDDavis

(725 posts)

5. I love science!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 03:14 PM

Feb 2015

But I haven't spent any time studying atoms since high school chemistry and physics.

Thank you for these links and this discussion. You are slowly making me smarter.

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What goes on inside a proton? [View all] n2doc Feb 2015 OP

you always post cool stuff .... thanks Romeo.lima333 Feb 2015 #1

Yes, all protons consist of 2 up quarks and 1 down quark.... DreamGypsy Feb 2015 #3

thanks, do you know what the strange and charmed quarks are for? Romeo.lima333 Feb 2015 #4

Sure. Strange and charm quarks are constituents of mesons... DreamGypsy Feb 2015 #6

Note that charmed baryons exist...and...that strange baryons also exist. xocet Feb 2015 #8

I didn't know that folks choose favorites. stone space Feb 2015 #2

I love science! JDDavis Feb 2015 #5

my distinctly layperson's interpretation, as I understand it, is that the question is sort of Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #7