Tully_Beaver Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Hi I'm new and this is my first post, so excuse me if this is a silly question. What holds neutrons and protons together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noz92 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Strong force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tully_Beaver Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 Strong force. what force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurg Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 what force? No, that's the name of the force. The force is called 'the strong force'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 the strong nuclear force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulkit Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 It is more of an equilibrium I believe than simple holding together with all sorts of quarks exchanging hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 And the force carriers are called gluons. edit : More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noz92 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 what force? I think it's a wierd name for a force too. Does anybody know why it's called strong force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 it's stronger than the weak force? and A LOT stronger than the gravitational force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noz92 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 But isn't electromagnetism the strongest force on the mollecular/atomic/subatomic level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 it is the strong NUCLEAR force. not just the strong force. there is also a weak NUCLEAR force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tully_Beaver Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 Is that the only place this nuclear strong force occurs? Thanks for the replies by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 But isn't electromagnetism the strongest force on the mollecular/atomic/subatomic level? Here's a clue: Protons repel, and yet nuclei do not fly apart. You can look at "mirror" nuclei, like H-3 vs He-3, to see the relative effect of the electrostatic force involved. The binding energy differs by only about 0.8 MeV from the proton vs. neutron, but the total nuclear-force binding energy is 8.5 MeV (for H-3), or more than 2.8 MeV per pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebulan Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 no dont forget the the posstive particals atracts to the negative particals and no posative particals atracts with possitive particals and no negative partical atracts with negative particals the strong force atracts the protons with another protons in the atomic nucles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calbiterol Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 no dont forget the the posstive particals atracts to the negative particalsand no posative particals atracts with possitive particals and no negative partical atracts with negative particals the strong force atracts the protons with another protons in the atomic nucles That made absolutely no sense - especially since all protons have a positive charge. And yet' date=' you state both that no positive particles (well, you say "particals") attract to each other. You also state that [i']"the strong force atracts the protons with another protons in the atomic nucles"[/i] which I decipher as "the strong nuclear force causes the protons in the nucleus to attract to each other." That's a little self-contradictory, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silencer Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Basically, the strong force over-rules the electromagnetic force and holds the protons together. Hence why it is called strong, as it is able to overcome the electromagnetic force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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