You wouldn't see anything, because electrons don't really look like anything. They're some of the fundamental building blocks of matter. They're so small that they often act more like waves than particles, in fact. You can't tell exactly where they are at any time either, which is why it is referred to as an electron "cloud" around an atom. You can only say where the electron will probably be.
Also, there isn't anything inside of it according to current theory. The closest thing to a smaller breakup of the electron currently accepted is that it and other particles are considered "strings" which vibrate at different frequencies--different frequency, different particle. These strings are, of course, infinitesimally small (on the order of the Planck length, or about 1.6*10^-35 m). That also answers what material they're made from: electrons. It just doesn't get any smaller.
All that is the same for the positron. It is basically the exact same particle, except with the opposite charge.
The neutron is a little different. It is comprised of three subparticles called quarks. More specifically, two down quarks and one up quark. Quarks are classified as up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom. Up, charm, and top quarks all have charges of +2/3, while down, strange, and bottom quarks all have a charge of -1/3. All normal, everyday matter around us is composed of up and down quarks.
Since a neutron has two down and one up quark, its charge is +2/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 = 0, thus neutral. Protons, on the other hand, have two up and one down, so their charge is +2/3 + 2/3 - 1/3 = +1, thus they're positively charged.
Bear in mind, however, that none of these particles actually has any real observable physical appearance, so they don't really "look" like anything. Likewise, they're not actually comprised of any sort of "material," as they are actually the things which themselves make up other "materials."
If you want to learn more, just search on wikipedia for any of the particles I listed, including quarks. If you know anyone who studies/teaches/researches quantum mechanics or a related field, that person would also be a good resource.
2007-01-27 17:40:40
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answered by Wesley B 2
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Obviously, you cannot magnify an electron optically. But you can look at an electron at smaller and smaller scales using a variety of techniques, and all measures so far indicate that the electron is a point particle. As is a positron.
However, a neutron is made up of quarks. These cannot be seen directly, but can be inferred from measurements, and may well also be point particles. However, the neutron itself is not. At the quantum level talking of size is not entirely meaningful because (1) you are really talking about the collision cross section with whatever you are firing at it to measure it and (2) quantum mechanics "smears" thing out statistically. However, a neutron is about 10^-25 m across.
2007-01-27 21:44:37
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answer #2
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answered by Anonymous
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There is a limit to optical magnification. If we try to look at something smaller than a wavelength of light, it becomes invisible. We have to use something else. Electron microscopes bounce electrons off of very tiny objects so we can construct a picture. But an electron bouncing of an electron doesn't produce anything but a single impulse, a featureless dot. Unfortunately, we have nothing smaller than an electron to throw at it. So the appearance of an electron will remain a mystery. The best we can do is an atom, which turns out to look like a fuzzy blob, probably because it is enveloped in an electron field.
Current theory says electrons and positrons are quarks. Protons and neutrons are made of three quarks, which give them the properties of mass. There are several kinds of quarks which have different properties, suggesting an even more fundamental level of matter, but for now, it is meaningless to ask what a quark is made of.
2007-01-27 17:42:04
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answer #3
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answered by skepsis 7
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actually there's still a few theories about these, but the question that are related to these subjects "What are the elements of the universe?" yeah,
before, people say that it was , earth, wood, water, wind, and metal...but this is'nt a satisfying answer, because then what is the light?
there are discoveries that the elements of the universe is made of electron, proton and here is when Albert.E got the idea of nuclear from the very beggining, by observing a light he then made the most famous equation ever e=MC^2, and then he starting to work on quantum theories which he never finished, because the atomic has a very bizzare characteristic it is then when he say " God does not play dice with the universe"
then back to your question, the latest discoveries are inside of electron there is what it calls quark
It is pictured like a dot with three legs, that moving in a bizzare pattern, if there's any pattern. But scientist finds out about this not from magnifying them but from breaking the electron.
2007-01-27 17:30:18
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answered by Luna-me 2
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No one knows, its impossible to magnify anything to that degree. Heres why: We need light to see right? well the particles of light are photons. When we magnify something its the equivalent of shining a light on it, so the very smallest thing we can resolve is no smaller that the size of the photon, which in the quantum world really isnt that small. so we cant see whats inside of the electrons, in fact the smallest we can really make out is atoms, and even then they're blurry. link below has a picture of the individual atoms on it, you can see how much we can make out...nothing!
2007-01-27 17:31:12
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answered by Beach_Bum 4
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You should reread what they actually discovered on Mars. Mars is uninhabitable. They want you to think that there is a chance that at one time there was life on Mars, but that was pure imagination, since they do not know what is what regarding Mars. It is because you and I know nothing about Mars that they play games and make suggestions that have no realistic basis. However, Jesus returns just after the USA is defeated by the antichrist and his armies, which takes place just before they gather to a place called Har-magedon in Israel. When they gather to Har-magedon Jesus returns and throws the antichrist and the false prophet into a place called the lake of fire and then He sets up His throne in Jerusalem and reigns from Jerusalem for a thousand years. It is after the thousand years that this present heaven and earth are destroyed and a new heaven and new earth come down out of heaven. If you become a believer in Jesus you will be able to join the rest of us believers. If not you will have to die the second death, which is a spiritual death from God in which you will live in that place called the lake of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth over your having missed being saved from that death.]
2016-05-24 07:50:53
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answered by Anonymous
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That is a very good question, unfortunately I don't think anyone really has a good answer for that one. An electron is commonly considered to be one of the most fundamental particles as a first generation lepton. To be completely honest, I don't think anyone can answer this with our current knowledge of the world.
2007-01-27 17:08:44
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answer #7
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answered by msi_cord 7
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I can't remember the answer but there is a theory in chemistry which i studied 12 years or so ago.
2007-01-27 17:13:30
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answered by Keith B 4
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really good question. pretty sure it's metal.
2007-01-27 17:08:08
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answered by Anonymous
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