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Within a Neutron there are two Down quarks and one Up quark. Within a Proton there are two Up quarks and one Down quark. You can not break a Electron down any further as it is a Subatomic Particle itself. Now a Up quark's mass is 2.4 MeV/c2, whilst a Down quark's mass is 4.8 MeV/c2. By using this information we can see that a Neutron has a greater mass than a Proton. Electrons have very little mass (0.511 MeV/c2). So to conclude a Neutron has a greater mass of a Proton, and a Proton has a greater mass of an Electron.

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