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Why neutrons in the nucleus are stable?

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Neutrons are stable inside the nucleus. But outside the nucleus they are unstable. If the neutron comes out of the nucleus (free neutron), it decays with emission of proton, electron, and antineutrino with the half life of 13 minutes.
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