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Vitor Pamplona · 139w
A neutron's outer shell is negative and its core is positive. It peacefully hides a constant fight between them. It's a symbol of self-control and inner wisdom. Until it beta decays and beats the crap...
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Neutrons don’t have an „outer shell“. They are made of three quarks held together by strong nuclear forces that have a quantum-electrostatic nature. Also, neutrons don’t beta decay, the nucleus does, which emits an electron or positron depending on the emission type.
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Vitor Pamplona · 139w
> neutrons don’t beta decay Is this a new thing? I am not up to speed in particle physics but, in the past, neutrons decaying was indeed a thing. Maybe the wording has changed?