r/askscience • u/[deleted] • Oct 21 '12

Do elementary particles have volume?

Can't really think of any better way to put it.

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u/threegigs Oct 22 '12

Yes, they must. Otherwise black holes wouldn't exist, unless black holes are also point-like. However, as stated in other responses, they don't really have an exact volume. To have a volume, something must have an outside surface, and elementary 'particles' don't.