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It would be explosively unstable; the neutrons, which thanks to degeneracy, would be travelling at speeds of a fair fraction of $c$ would fly apart. After some tens of minutes they would almost all have decayed to electrons and protons.

I provided some numbers here: What would happen to a teaspoon of neutron star material if released on Earth?What would happen to a teaspoon of neutron star material if released on Earth?

It would be explosively unstable; the neutrons, which thanks to degeneracy, would be travelling at speeds of a fair fraction of $c$ would fly apart. After some tens of minutes they would almost all have decayed to electrons and protons.

I provided some numbers here: What would happen to a teaspoon of neutron star material if released on Earth?

It would be explosively unstable; the neutrons, which thanks to degeneracy, would be travelling at speeds of a fair fraction of $c$ would fly apart. After some tens of minutes they would almost all have decayed to electrons and protons.

I provided some numbers here: What would happen to a teaspoon of neutron star material if released on Earth?

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It would be explosively unstable; the neutrons, which thanks to degeneracy, would be travelling at speeds of a fair fraction of $c$ would fly apart. After some tens of minutes they would almost all have decayed to electrons and protons.

I provided some numbers here: What would happen to a teaspoon of neutron star material if released on Earth?