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Protons

A proton is usually described as an elementary-particle with a positive electric-charge, and is a baryon. In fact quantum-mechanics tells us that a proton can behave like either a particle or a wave. Which ever of the two it is behaving like, it always has a real mass of 1.6729 x 10^{-27} kg, and a unit electric-charge of +1.602 x 10^{-19} coulombs. They are fermions with a quantum spin of 1/2.

Protons have electric-charge, and so can produce electric-fields and magnetic-fields. Protons are hadrons and are made up of quarks. They are affected mainly by the strong-force and electro-magnetic-field.

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