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James Chadwick was the first man to discover the neutron-the neutrally charged particle of the nucleus (which also contains protons, positively charged particles). Electrons whizz around the nucleus (which is the heaviest part by far of the atom) on "orbits".

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In 1932, he discovered that the neutron did exist, and its mass was about 0.1 percent more than that of the proton's.

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