Why is the Study of Sub-Atomic Particles a field of Physics and not Chemistry?

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I see sub-atomic particles is studied as “Particle Physics”

If the study of the properties of elements, compounds, reactions etc are a field of Chemistry then why is the study of sub-atomic particles (quarks, neutrinos, gluons) and their properties mostly done by Physicists (Particle Physics)
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Chemistry, chemical reactions, don’t care about atom’s nucleus composition or other particles, only about the electrons around it.

Sure, the molecular weight of atoms matters too, but it doesn’t really care of what is made of.

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