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up quark

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up quark [′əp ‚kwärk]
(particle physics)
A quark with an electric charge of +⅔, baryon number of ⅓, and 0 strangeness and charm. Symbolizedu.


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A typical nucleon includes three quarks: two down quarks and one up quark for a neutron; two up quarks and one down quark for a proton.
A neutron, which also has a spin of 1/2, consists of two down quarks and one up quark.
A proton, for example, is made up of two up quarks and one down quark, and a neutron is made up of two down quarks and one up quark.
 
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