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Answer by GDawg
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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Although the electron and proton have the same magnitude quantity of charge (+1 and -1 respectively) they are not particularly similar with other properties. The proton is a baryon, and as such is made of 3 quarks (up up and down) whereas the electron is a lepton, and is not made of quarks. The mass of the proton arises from the mass of the 3 quarks (and the interactions between these quarks). The electron is believed to truly be fundamental, and it turns out has it's own (much smaller) mass. Maybe not a great answer, but hope it points you in the right direction. Try searching for "Standard Model", "Lepton", "Quark" in a search engine if you'd like to know more. particleadventure.org is a great place to start. All the best

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Question by kapil chnadra
Submitted on 6/3/2004
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"why the mass of electron and proton is different but quantity of charge is same"

Answer by uhhhhk
Submitted on 5/12/2005
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i dunno

Answer by Louie
Submitted on 6/21/2005
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the electron is more dense than the proton which creates the substitution for the actual size. the reason we know this is because if this were not the case then everything around us would have a negative charge

Answer by mohan
Submitted on 7/10/2005
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because the number of protons and electrons manages this

Answer by john
Submitted on 3/18/2006
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i dont no i want that answer too

Answer by Jake MSU Mathematics
Submitted on 6/25/2006
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It's because an electron has kinetic energy as it rotates around the proton, and the proton is just stationary.

Answer by bilal
Submitted on 8/9/2006
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because the charge is independent of mass.

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