-- Photographic film detects radiation. -- Gas occupies the whole container. -- The Geiger counter is used to detect and measure the intensity of radiation. -- An atom is the <span>smallest particle to retain characteristics of the element. -- The atomic mass is the mass of the protons and neutrons in the atom.</span> (The electrons hardly make any difference. One proton or neutron has as much mass as more than 1800 electrons.) -- A solid has a fixed shape. -- The neutron is electrically neutral. It has no charge. -- The proton has a positive charge. -- The electron has a negative charge. -- The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.