This gives the proton a net charge of 1 and the neutron a net charge of 0.
The total number of charged particles gives us the mass of the proton and the neutron. The net sum of charged particles give us their overall charge.
Since the neutrino has no mass, we do not know how many neutrinos may take part in the construction of a proton or neutron. However, we do know that a free neutron will decay into a proton, an electron and a neutrino in about 15 minutes when taken out of an atomic nucleus.
Free neutron decay
This tells us that the difference of 3 quanta between the neutron and the proton must be the charged quanta making up the electron.
The electron is therefore made up of 2 negative quanta and 1 positive quantum. We do not know the role of the neutrino in this. But as far as mass is concerned we know the number of charged quanta making up the neutron, the proton and the electron.
The neutrino is very small. It is therefore reasonable to assume that it is made up of a single neutral quantum.
To summarize, we got the following:
- Proton = 1089 positive quanta + 1088 negative
quanta (a total of 2177)
- Neutron = 1090 positive quanta + 1090 negative
quanta (a total of 2180)
- Electron = 1 positive quantum + 2 negative
quanta (a total of 3)
- Neutrino = 1 neutral quantum
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