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First of all, the nucleus is held together by the strong nuclear force, not the weak nuclear force (the weak force causes certain kinds of decay, such as a neut
by thayne 5y ago
First of all, the nucleus is held together by the strong nuclear force, not the weak nuclear force (the weak force causes certain kinds of decay, such as a neutron to decay into a proton and electron).
Secondly, as soon as you have multiple protons, the repulsion from the positive charges will be much, much greater than any dipole attraction.
Finally, physicists have done a lot of really precise measurements with subatomic particles, and I don't think a dipole interaction like that would match the observed results.
- kazinator 5y agoRight! The strong nuclear force is over two orders of magnitude stronger than electromagnetism, so it cannot be caused by it. It has to be, in order overcome the vehement repulsion among the protons.