nucleon
noun[C]
physicsspecializeduk/ˈnjuː.kli.ɒn/us/ˈnuː.kli.ɑːn/aproton(= anextremelysmallpieceofmatterwith apositiveelectricalcharge)or aneutron(= anextremelysmallpieceofmatterwith noelectricalcharge)in anatom:
Theseparatenucleons have moremassthan thenucleusitself.
See also
internucleon
- Thenucleusis made up ofparticlescalled nucleons.
- The nucleons areboundtightlytogether by thestrongnuclearforce.
- If anucleusisformedfromseparatenucleons,energyisreleased.
- If twolightnucleifuse, thefinalbindingenergypernucleon will begreaterthan theoriginalvalue.
Physics: atoms, molecules & sub-atomic particles
- acceptor
- anion
- anti-radical
- antilepton
- antimatter
- antineutrino
- elementary particle
- hydroxyl ion
- interatomic
- interelectronic
- interionic
- intermolecular
- intermolecularly
- isotope
- muon
- neutrino
- non-molecular
- nuclide
- orbital
- relative molecular mass