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Interestingly, neutron stars do contain a small percentage of protons.
by WantonQuantum 2y ago
Interestingly, neutron stars do contain a small percentage of protons.
- adrian_b 2y agoHowever, those protons are not stable. Their concentration is the result of the equilibrium between neutrons that decay into proton and electron pairs and proton-electron pairs that recombine into neutrons. The complete neutron star still behaves like a giant nucleus with null electric charge, i.e. with Z=0.