Particle Mass

lzurha

29th July 2009 - 03:59 AM

i was talking to my dad an he thinks that there is infinite building blocks that build the atom. that we just cant see them yet. i told him if it was infinite then i wouldn't exist an my property's would continuously growing still an i wouldnt fuxen with out abase.

is there a formula to how small a particle can be that builds the atom?

AlexG

29th July 2009 - 04:07 AM

QUOTE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length

In physics, the Planck length, denoted , is a unit of length, equal to 1.616252(81)×10−35 meters. It is a base unit in the system of Planck units. The Planck length can be defined from three fundamental physical constants: the speed of light in a vacuum, Planck's constant, and the gravitational constant. Current theory suggests that one Planck length is the smallest distance or size about which anything can be known.

For starters

lzurha

29th July 2009 - 04:10 AM

thank u alex

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