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I don't get this. Do nucleons bind and hold together because of the strong force or gravity? I thought strong force only keeps quarks together via gluon exchang
by jcghgxt 2y ago
I don't get this. Do nucleons bind and hold together because of the strong force or gravity? I thought strong force only keeps quarks together via gluon exchange
- pfdietz 2y agoNucleons in nuclei are bound by the strong force. It's (vaguely) analogous to the way the electromagnetic force still binds neutral molecules together (van der Waals force). At the scale of the nucleus, gravity is many, MANY orders of magnitude weaker.