neutron
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːtrɒn/
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neutrón
- You spend your life talking about protons and neutrons.
- protons and neutrons
- neutrons and electrons
- neutron star
That means fewer neutrons, and that slows down the chain reaction.
- That means fewer neutrons, and that slows down the chain reaction.
- So it's a good method to produce neutrons, but it won't save the world.
- And after that amount of time, half the neutrons will have decayed into a proton.
- It interferes with neutron absorption, including iron.
- What specific fission reactions would produce neutrons of the right energy to continue the reaction?
- And the quarks inside protons and neutrons are also fundamental players.
- All it is is water that has extra neutrons in it, extra particles, hence extra mass.
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Under the right conditions, we can detect neutron stars when they show themselves as pulsars.
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Gravitational waves are expected from an inspiraling binary system of neutron stars or black holes.
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And so let's say you add only one neutron to it, that would already make it unstable.
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And this happens by the presence of neutrons in the nucleus, right?
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You cannot have two neutrons in the same quantum state as each other.
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Although they had different electric charges, the proton and neutron had remarkably similar masses.
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Well, atoms are actually made of smaller components, protons, neutrons, and electrons.
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And protons and neutrons are made up of quarks.
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Let's say you're producing more neutrons than you're destroying.
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In an atom, the neutron is a subatomic particle that has no electric charge.
Synonyms
A particle in an atom's nucleus with no electric charge
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A weapon that kills people mainly with radiation but leaves buildings mostly standing
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A type of radiation made of tiny uncharged particles from atoms that can harm cells
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Etymology
The word neutron comes from the Latin word neuter, meaning 'neither', because the particle has 'no' electric charge and is neither 'positive' nor 'negative'. The ending -on is the same as in electron and proton, so the name helps you remember it is one of the basic particles in an atom.