Proton (disambiguation)
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
Proton has several meanings:
- Proton in physics is a subatomic particle with a positive fundamental electric charge of 1.6 × 10-19 coulomb and a mass of 938 MeV (1.6726231 × 10-27 kg, or about 1836 times that of an electron).
- Proton in chemistry is the H+ (positively charged hydrogen) ion, because an ordinary hydrogen atom is one electron orbiting a nucleus which is composed only of one proton, and in the ion that electron is lost.
- Proton (formal designation: UR-500) is a Soviet unmanned space vehicle design first launched in 1965 and still in use as of 2003.
- Proton was a Soviet artificial satellite.
- Proton is a type of Russian diver propulsion vehicle: see Protei-5 Russian diver-rider.
- Proton (short for Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional, meaning National Car Project) is a Malaysian car manufacturer initiated in 1983 by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The main plant is located in Shah Alam.
- Proton in geology is a province of a craton (an ancient section of continental crust) that is between 1.6 and 2.5 billion years old.
- Proton E-Purse is a Belgian smartcard system for low-value payments.
- Proton is the name for a renal/clinical database developed by CCL (Clinical Computing Limited) (http://www.ccl.com).
- Distinguish from Proto.
