Neutron dummy explanation

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I’m trying to simply things in dummy terms so I remember it easier rather than memorizing a definition I want to understand it on a basic level. A Neutron is an uncharged elementary particle that equals a protons mass in a nucleus this stabilizing it, I also know that in an atom there has to be equal amounts of neutrons and protons, and that the neutrons act as a sort of binder, so what sort of analogy or explanation could be used to describe it? Does a Neutron sort of act like the Mortar for a Brick Structure? Or like the glue that keeps protons from falling apart?

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You’ve got a group of 5 kids in a classroom. 3 of them think they’re really cool. The other two kids are pretty chill.

Everyone gets on well with each of the chill kids because, well, they’re chill. Sit anyone beside a chill kid and they’ll sit and have a chat.

But the cool kids are two similar. Sit two of them together and they’ll just end up being disruptive because their personalities clash and they just want to one-up each other.

So, you alternate between cool and chill. This means each pair of consecutive kids has a weak link between each other, *and* the chill kids act like a buffer zone to prevent the stronger repulsive interaction between the cool kids.

If you’ve got a much bigger class, you might need extra buffer kids because 1-to-1 might not be enough. And if there are enough cool kids, it doesn’t matter how many chill kids there are. It’s only a matter of time before a fight breaks out.

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