How to Use neutron in a Sentence

neutron

noun
  • Black holes and neutron stars are both the result of star death.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 June 2021
  • Both black holes and neutron stars are the remains of dead stars.
    — Fox News, 24 June 2020
  • Each proton and neutron is made up of even tinier quarks and gluons.
    — Nandita Jayaraj, Quartz India, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Its value seems to be zero, which makes the neutron’s charges stay in line.
    — Quanta Magazine, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Those neutrons, however, do not care how they are used.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
  • This is seen, for instance, where black holes or neutron stars are in a close orbit such as this.
    — Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Both its neutron count and its proton count are a magic number.
    — Artemis Spyrou, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Both neutron stars and black holes are the results of violent star death.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
  • Like black holes, neutron stars are also formed when a star collapses.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022
  • The matter that forms neutron stars starts out as ionized atoms near the core of a massive star.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 June 2022
  • As things cooled, quarks formed and then condensed into protons and neutrons.
    — Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Perhaps convergences of black holes and neutron stars do too?
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 29 June 2021
  • And what converts a proton into a neutron?
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Turn to the boron side and the neutrons are absorbed, shutting down the reactor.
    — David Szondy september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The nucleus, in turn, was found to be composed of protons and neutrons.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • This force binds quarks and gluons together to make protons and neutrons.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Three quarks come together to form protons and neutrons alike, which in turn form the nuclei of atoms.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Only two other types of objects — black holes and neutron stars — are more compact than white dwarfs.
    — NBC News, 1 July 2021
  • Turn to the beryllium side and the neutrons are reflected.
    — David Szondy september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Black holes and dense neutron stars are often created by the violent event of star death.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
  • This creates a deuteron, which is just a fancy name for a proton and a neutron bound together.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The neutron is the Angel of Evil that powers all atomic weapons.
    — Rupert Goodwins, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2017
  • The idea was that the presence of a neutron would alter how electrons and muons perceive the proton's charge.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The idea was that the presence of a neutron would alter how electrons and muons perceive the proton’s charge.
    — ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But all of them were much lighter than either a proton or neutron, while being heavier than an electron or a muon.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The fission reactor starts with a heavy atom like uranium-235 and hits it with a neutron.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Their conversations about protons and neutrons do not the stuff of passion make.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In one case, an atom decays by kicking out a small fragment of itself that is made up of two protons and two neutrons.
    — Kelling Donald, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But the authors conclude that the results would be heavy, neutron-rich atomic nuclei.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The findings hint that nuclei with as many as 260 protons and neutrons might form via the r-process.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024

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