Eli5: What elements are virtual particles made of?

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As the title says. Virtual particles are to my understanding “particles that come into existence at random with their anti-version, they collide and eliminate one another”.

Are these particles made of something?

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So elements are actually made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Those things are made of particles! What you’re describing are things so small we have to make very educated guesses about them, because trying to see them is impossible. Light would just knock them out of the way instead of bouncing off them.

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