What are neutrons?

Neutrons are tiny particles inside atoms that help them stay together.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks, some are red, some are blue, and they all fit together to make cool shapes. In an atom, the building blocks are called protons and neutrons. Protons are like the red blocks, they have a positive charge. Neutrons are like the blue blocks, they don’t have any charge at all.

Atoms are like tiny cities with a nucleus in the middle, that’s where the protons and neutrons live. The protons would push each other away because they both have positive charges, just like two magnets with the same side facing each other. But neutrons help keep things stable by sitting next to them and not pushing back.

Think of it like a group of kids sharing toys, if all the kids had the same toy, they’d fight, but if some kids shared different toys, everyone could be happy.

So, neutrons are like friendly helpers in atoms that make everything work smoothly.