Nuclear particles with no charge are called?

Nuclear particles with no charge are called?

• A. Protons
• B. Electrons
• C. Neutrons
• D. Quarks

Answer: (C)

Charge helps distinguish subatomic particles. In the nucleus, protons carry a positive charge, while neutrons carry no electrical charge at all. The particle without charge found in the nucleus is the neutron, which, along with protons, forms the nucleus and contributes to its stability through the strong force. Electrons are negatively charged and sit outside the nucleus, and quarks are the smaller constituents inside protons and neutrons (they carry fractional charges themselves), not standalone neutral particles in the nucleus. So the neutral nuclear particle is the neutron.

Charge helps distinguish subatomic particles. In the nucleus, protons carry a positive charge, while neutrons carry no electrical charge at all. The particle without charge found in the nucleus is the neutron, which, along with protons, forms the nucleus and contributes to its stability through the strong force. Electrons are negatively charged and sit outside the nucleus, and quarks are the smaller constituents inside protons and neutrons (they carry fractional charges themselves), not standalone neutral particles in the nucleus. So the neutral nuclear particle is the neutron.