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Neutrons and protons co-exist in the nucleus. The proton is positivelycharged while neutron has no charge. So why doesnt the protons transfer the charge to neutrons?

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Solution

Protons are static and they are held tightly with the electrons by some force of attraction. So they wont do charge transfer.

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