Neutron
A subatomic particle made of 2 down quarks and 1 up quark. It has a neutral electric charge and its mass equals 939 MeV/c2. The neutron decays after fifteen minutes, on average, when the particle is isolated. However, it is stable when found in atomic nuclei, together with protons.
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