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What happens if you add a neutron to an atom?

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When you add a neutron to an atom you create a new isotope of the same element you had begun with. Neutrons do not carry an electric charge so it doesn't change the charge.

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if you add or subtract a neutron from an atom it will become a new isotopes of the same element

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