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Question 47

Which school-level mass comparison for nuclear particles is appropriate?

  1. A proton has negligible mass but a neutron has one unit.
  2. Both have the tiny mass associated with an electron.
  3. A proton and a neutron are each about one unified atomic mass unit.Correct answer
  4. A neutron has no mass because it has no charge.

Explanation

Both protons and neutrons have masses close to one unified atomic mass unit at school-level precision. A neutron's lack of electric charge does not make its mass vanish, and electron mass is far smaller.

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