| neutron | has composition two down quarks and one up quark |  |
| has decay product proton, electron | |
| has lifetime 15 minutes | |
| is a part of nucleus | |
| has mass 1.6749 × 10-24 g | |
| has definition Particle in the nucleus of all atoms except hydrogen. Through beta decay, a neutron may become a proton and an electron; the process occurs in reverse during the formation of a neutron star. | |
| has definition One of the constituents of the atomic nucleus discovered in 1932. It is bound into atomic nuclei by the strong nuclear force. Free neutrons decay slowly via the weak nuclear force. Despite being electrically neutral, the neutron possesses both an electric dipole moment (as if it were made of positive and negative charges separated a minute distance) and a magnetic moment, indicating some internal substructure. | |
| has definition A neutral baryon. | |
| has definition A nuclear particle with a mass slightly greater than that of a proton. A free neutron decays, after a half-life of about 10.6 minutes, into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino. The neutron is probably made up of still more fundamental particles having both positive and negative charges. The charges balance to give a net charge of zero, but the motions of the charges are such that their magnetic contributions do not cancel and consequently the neutron is magnetic. | |
| has definition typically found in the nucleus of an atom. | |
| has definition Stable within the nucleus, the neutron if isolated decays, with a ha half-life of fifteen minutes. | |
| is an instance of nucleon | |
| is an instance of neutral particle | |
| is an instance of radioactive particle | |
| radioactive particle | has desintegration energy the total energy produced when the particle decays | |
| neutral particle | is not accelerated by electric or magnetic fields | |
| has charge 0 | |
| nucleon | has spin 1/2 | |
| is a part of nucleus | |
| particle | obeys uncertainty principle | |
| has frequency inversely proportional to the wavelength | |
| has wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum | |
| baryon | has number of quarks 3 | |
| fermion | has quantum behavior Fermi-Dirac statistics | |
| physical object | has location or center of gravity | |
| has angular momentum | |
| has velocity | |
| has momentum | |
| has temperature | |
| has volume | |
| has extent | |
| has material | |
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