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Give the symbol, relative charge and mass of the three sub atomic particles.


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Subatomic particles:

The small particles inside an atom are known as subatomic particles or fundamental particles.

There are three types of subatomic particles:

  1. Electrons: Electrons are negatively charged.
  2. Protons: Protons are positively charged.
  3. Neutrons: Neutrons have no charge.

Symbol, relative charge and mass of electron, proton and neutron:

Sub-atomic particle

Symbol

Relative charge

Relative mass

Electron

e-

-1

0

Proton

p+

+1

1

Neutron

n

0

1


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