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What is a proton neutron and electron?

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Atom's were the smallest thing that we knew of in our universe, until one day a long time ago we split the atom and begun to take a look inside.

In the center of an atom are proton's and neutron's. The center is also called the nucleus.

Moving around the center of the atom are electrons. Electron's are now the new 'Smallest' thing known to man.

Electrons have a negative charge
Protons have a positive charge and
Neutron's have a neutral or no charge (some atoms may not apply to this rule)

From the information of how many Electrons/Protons and Neutron's you can discover certain qualities and the family/place in the periodic table of elements.

I've added links to help you further in understanding Atoms.

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