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Do protons electrons or neutrons have more mass?
Answer
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January 22, 2010 7:57PM
Neutrons.
Neutrons and Protons have approximately the same mass, and
electrons have comparatively almost no mass!
Protons do have mass, but not very much. A proton's mass is 1.66 x
10-24g, and it takes 6.02 x 1023 of them to make a gram (with
thanks to the Italian chemist Avogadro, whom that number is named
for).
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