why don't Nuetrons have a charge??????

Answer 1

because they are made of 1 up quark and 2 down quarks I believe. So the overall charge then equals 0.

Answer 2

Neutrons DO have a charge, but they cancel each other.

The up and down quarks balance their charge equally so the net charge is zero. All electrons, neutrons, and protons are composed of an entire zoo of subatomic particles. In turn these subatomic particles are composed of quarks and leptons. "Quarks are the only fundamental particles that interact through all four of the fundamental forces." So they, not leptons have a charge. "Quarks come in six flavors, and their names (up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top) were also chosen arbitrarily based on the need to name them something that could be easily remembered and used." The up and down quarks have the exact same charge so they balance each other out.

"In physics, the neutron is a subatomic particle with no net electric charge and a mass of 939.573 MeV/c² (1.6749 × 10-27 kg, slightly more than a proton). Its spin is ½. Its antiparticle is called the antineutron. The neutron, along with the proton, is a nucleon.

A neutron consists of two down quarks and one up quark, thus classifying it as a baryon."

"Each quark is assigned a weak isospin: Tz = +1/2 for an up-type quark and Tz = −1/2 for a down-type quark. Each doublet of weak isospin defines a generation of quarks. There are three generations, and hence six flavours of quarks — the up-type quark flavours are up, charm and top; the down-type quark flavours are down, strange, and bottom (each list is in the order of increasing mass)."

Answer 3

Because mommy took the card away.

Just kidding.

Why do protons have a + charge?
They all are somewhat mythical objects that get their attributes through experimental observation. There had to be particles with mass that had no charge so why not neutrons?

Answer 4

there is a purpose to that. the neutral charge (see there is charge, its just neutral!) balances out the rest of the charges in the atom. if this fails to work thats when u get radioactive elements. w/o neutrons the world would explode!

Answer 5

as much as it's because they are neutral that they are called neutrons, they help balance out the core of an atom. protrons, like the positive ends of a magnet, repel each other. there are neutrons there to hold the atom core together, while still maintaining a pull for the smaller electrons to orbit around

if you took 1 neutron out of an oxygen atom, it would no longer be a stable atom

Answer 6

You're getting things messed up. Certian particales are called neutrons BECAUSE they have no charge. It is the fact that they have no charge that defines them.

Answer 7

They just don't, and that's why they call them neutrons, from neutral.

Answer 8

Why don't god sneeze on saturday night? Because they don't

Answer 9

is it also beacuse they're neutral