An atom is the smallest particle of an element. An element is a substance made up of only one kind of atom.
An atom is made up of three main subparticles called the proton, neutron and electron. The center of the atom is called the nucleus and contains the proton and neutron. The nucleus contains most of the mass of the atom, although its volume is much greater. There are usually the same number of protons and neutrons. When there are more neutrons than protons, the atom is called an isotope. The proton has a positive charge, the neutron no charge and the electron a negative charge.
Atoms have an atomic number. This is the number of protons in the atom. The atomic weight of the atom is the sum of the protons and neutrons in the atom's nucleus. An atom is named by the element it represents. For example, an atom of oxygen would be represented by the symbol O, the hydrogen atom by the symbol H, etc..
The electron orbits around the outside of the nucleus. In a neutral atom the number of electrons is the same as the atomic number, or the same as the number of protons. However, the outermost electrons of an atom can be attracted to those of other types of elements and can combine by sharing, giving or receiving electrons. Such elements as metals give up their electrons more easily and are better conductors of heat and electricity.
The chemical combination of two or more atoms in fixed amounts is called a compound. These compounds can be atoms of the same element or those of different elements. The smallest particle of a compound would be a molecule of that compound. An atom that is not neutral and has an electrical charge is called an ion.
The story of particle physics goes back 2000 years to the Greeks; and Isaac Newton thought that matter was made up of particles in the 17th century. However, it was John Dalton who formally stated in 1802 that everything is made from tiny atoms.
2006-08-12 02:02:02
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answered by skyeblue 5
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Sub Particles Of Atom
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answered by Anonymous
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subparticles of atom are those things that an atom consist of and the main subparticles of the atom is electron (which circulate around the centre nucleus of the atoms in its own orbital), and two items found in the nucelus of an atom are the proton (positively charged) and neutron (neutral in charge). these are subpartciles of atom.
atoms are everywhere, they are most basic thing that build up everything. they have mass. who discovered atom? john dalton i think. but u can check out more in the www.wikipedia.com website and type for what u want to search for eg. atom.
this site provide very ample information..
2006-08-12 01:55:33
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answered by Autumn 2
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Electrons, protons, neutrons, "quarks" and nutrinos are the major classifications and most of these come in "flavors."
J. Stoney was the first to talk about them, but the "discovery" which is still largley theory, although science can do repeated experiements with predicable results, came from a lot of people.
No one has yet seen an actual atom, but the theories allowed us to make an atomic bomb.
2006-08-12 01:56:42
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answered by Anonymous
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The subparticles of atoms are protons, electrons and neutrons.
Wikipedia would be the best place to find the answers you're looking for.
2006-08-12 01:55:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Most atoms are composed of three types of subatomic particles which govern their external properties:
electrons, which have a negative charge and are the least massive of the three;
protons, which have a positive charge and are about 1836 times more massive than electrons; and
neutrons, which have no charge and are about 1839 times more massive than electrons.
GLUONS:
In particle physics, gluons are subatomic particles that cause quarks to interact, and are indirectly responsible for the binding of protons and neutrons together in atomic nuclei.
In technical terms, they are vector gauge bosons that mediate strong color charge interactions of quarks in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Unlike the neutral photon of quantum electrodynamics (QED), gluons themselves participate in strong interactions. The gluon has the ability to do this as it carries the color charge and so interacts with itself, making QCD significantly harder to analyse than QED.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom
2006-08-12 01:53:09
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answered by Anonymous
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The subparticles of an atom are protons, electrons and neutrons.
2006-08-12 02:39:51
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answered by ysandia 2
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just search in wikipedia
but the three subatomic particles are as follows
neutron- discovered by Goldstein(in atomic nucleus)
proton- discovered by Rutherford(in atomic nucleus)
electron- dicovered by Thompson (around the atomic nucleus)
2006-08-12 02:17:02
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answered by !_! 2
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Electrons, neutrons and protons. The last two consist of quarks. Look it up in wikipedia.org.
2006-08-12 01:51:41
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answered by Anonymous
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ELECTRONS(NEGETIVELY CHARGED),PROTONS(POSITIVELY CHARGED),neutrons(neutral in charge).recently it has been discovered that another particle called positron is also in the atom.
2006-08-12 01:55:22
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answered by Ashley. 3
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