{"id":144,"date":"2017-11-12T03:50:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T22:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/?p=144"},"modified":"2022-11-04T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T06:36:31","slug":"nuclear-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/nuclear-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Force – Definition | properties of Nuclear Force"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/strong> We already know about gravitational and electrostatic forces now a question arises that does these forces still hold when we talk about nuclear dimensions as gravitational force between two protons is far too less to hold them and electrostatic force between two protons always a force repulsive in nature . So what hold protons together to form a nucleus.<\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong> is\u00a0Nuclear force\u00a0<\/strong>which are attractive in nature and strong enough to overcome the electrostatic force of repulsion between two protons. So it is the nuclear forces which holds neutrons and protons (nucleons) together to form a nucleus. Nucleus forces are complex in nature and difficult to understand.<\/p>\n

\"Nuclear<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the properties of nuclear forces are given below.
\n(1) Nuclear forces are strong attractive forces :-<\/strong>\u00a0These are strongest forces and are about 100 times stronger then electrostatic forces and about 1038<\/sup>\u00a0times stronger then gravitational forces. These are the forces which holds nucleons in a nucleus.
\n(2) Nuclear forces are short range forces :-<\/strong>\u00a0The nuclear forces are most effective up to a distance of the order of 10-15<\/sup>m or less. These forces decreases rapidly as the separation distance between nucleons increases and becomes negligible when separation between nucleons is of the order of 10 fermi . The effective range up to which nuclear forces are effective is known as\u00a0nuclear range<\/strong>.
\n(3) Nuclear forces are the charge independent :-<\/strong>\u00a0Nuclear forces acting between two protons , two neutrons and between a proton and neutron have same strength and the nature of force is attractive.
\n(4) Nuclear forces are not central forces :-<\/strong>\u00a0These forces do not obey inverse square law. The magnitude of nuclear force depends on the direction of spin of nucleons.
\n(5) Nuclear forces are saturated forces :-<\/strong>\u00a0A nucleon experiences the force only due to it nearest neighboring nucleons.<\/p>\n

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