Quarks are the building blocks of protons and neutrons, and are part of the elementary particles. However, these protons and neutrons are constructed from only 2 of the 12 known quarks, being up quarks and down quarks.
The 12 Types of Quarks[]
There are 12 main types of quarks, being split into 6 particles made of matter and 6 particles made of antimatter, with each of these halves being split into three 'generations'. Here is a list of the 12 known kinds of quarks:
First Generation
- Up quark
- Down quark
- Up antiquark
- Down antiquark
Second Generation
- Charm quark
- Strange quark
- Charm antiquark
- Strange antiquark
Third Generation
- Top quark
- Bottom quark
- Top antiquark
- Bottom antiquark
Related: Quark Civilization