Does a neutron have a negative positive or neutral charge?

Answer 1

• nuclei have an overall positive charge, as they contain both protons and neutrons
• anti-nuclei have an overall negative charge, as they contain both anti-protons and anti-neutrons

Answer 2

Neither. That's why it's called a neutron - it's neutrally charged. It is said to have a charge of zero. You may not be able to get a physicist to admit that a proton (which has a +1 charge) added to an electron (which has a -1 charge) will make a neutron, but you can smash a neutron and get a proton and an electron out of the reaction. It consists of two down quarks and one up quark and it is the heaviest particle in the atom, slightly heavier than the proton.

The charge on an up quark is + 2/3. The charge on a down quark is -1/3.

When you add the charges of the quarks inside a neutron you have:

+2/3 - ((1/3) * 2) = 0

Therefore a neutron has zero charge.The charges might be said to "add" and "cancel" to give the neutron a negative charge.

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There is additional information in the Wikipedia article on the neutron, and a link to that post can be found below.

Neutrons have no charge.

Protons have a positive charge.

Electrons have a negative charge.

Answer 3

Neutrons have a neutral charge. Protons(positive) and electrons(negative) are the particles in an atom that contain a charge.
neutral

Answer 4

A neutron has a neutral charge, which means it carries no net charge. It is composed of quarks but overall has no electric charge.

Answer 5

No, it is neutral in charge.
Neutrons do not have electrical charge.

Answer 6

They have a charge of 0 so i guess they are neutral ..!

Answer 7

A neutron has no charge and is thus neutral.

Answer 8

Neutrons don't have any electrical charge.

Answer 9

No. A neutron has zero charge.

Answer 10

A neutron has no charge.