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What is the role of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom?

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The neutron also adds mass to theatom. In chemical reactions however, the nucleus is not involved and nuclear reactions are more a topic in physics.Neutrons play very important role in anatom. They provide stability to theatom and also prevent protons from repelling one another

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