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nucleon

(proton or neutron)

The word nucleon refers to a proton or a neutron, the two types of baryons which make up the nucleus of an atom. The number of nucleons in an atom's nucleus is termed its mass number.


(atoms,chemistry,physics)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nucleon
https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Nucleon.html
https://www.chem.purdue.edu/jmol/gloss/nucleon.html
https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Nucleon

Referenced by pages:
Avogadro's number (NA)
beta decay
binding energy
chemical equilibrium (CE)
dalton (Da)
detonation
element
fusion
ground state
isotope
Kamioka Observatory
mass
mass number (A)
metastable
mole (mol)
neutrino (ν)
neutron capture
neutron degenerate matter
neutron star (NS)
neutronization
r-process
solar neutrino unit (SNU)
standard model
strong force
Urca process

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