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Who discovered the neutron in 1932?

James Chadwick.

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  1. Marie Curie
  2. James Chadwick ✔
  3. Ernest Rutherford

Why: Chadwick identified a neutral particle about the mass of a proton and called it the neutron.

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Chadwick found the neutral party in the nucleus.
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Answer: James Chadwick. Chadwick identified a neutral particle about the mass of a proton and called it the neutron.

  1. Nuclear physics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_physics
    In 1932 Chadwick realized that radiation
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