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nucleon
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nucleon, term applying to both the proton proton, elementary particle having a single positive electrical charge and constituting the nucleus of the ordinary hydrogen atom. The positive charge of the nucleus of any atom is due to its protons.
..... Click the link for more information.  and the neutron neutron, uncharged elementary particle of slightly greater mass than the proton . It was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932. The stable isotopes of all elements except hydrogen and helium contain a number of neutrons equal to or greater than the number of protons.
..... Click the link for more information. , the two constituents of atomic nuclei. The nucleon may be considered a single particle, of which the proton and the neutron are two different states. See atom atom [Gr.,=uncuttable (indivisible)], basic unit of matter ; more properly, the smallest unit of a chemical element having the properties of that element.

Structure of the Atom


..... Click the link for more information. ; elementary particles elementary particles, the most basic physical constituents of the universe.

Basic Constituents of Matter



Molecules are built up from the atom , which is the basic unit of any chemical element .
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