Why do stable nuclei never have

Question:

Why do stable nuclei never have more protons than neutrons?

Solution:

A stable nuclei never have more protons than neutrons because protons are charged particles and they repel each other. The repulsion is so much that excess neutrons

only produce attractive forces and this is sufficient enough to build stability.

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