Nuclear Forces
The strong forces of attraction which firmly hold the nucleons in the small nucleus and account for the stability of the nucleus are called nuclear forces.
Characteristics of Nuclear Force
Some important characteristics of Nuclear Forces are:
- Nuclear force is a short-range force.
- Nuclear forces are the strongest force in nature.
- Nuclear forces are charge-independent.
- Nuclear forces are spin-dependent.
- Nuclear forces show saturation property.
- Nuclear forces are non-central forces.
- Nuclear forces are exchange forces.
Structure of Nucleus
The nucleus of an atom consists of two types of particles, positively charged particles called protons and neutrally charged particles called neutrons. Protons + Neutrons in an atom represent the nucleus of an atom. The nucleus of an atom is represented by ZXA, where X is the nucleus of an atom, Z is the atomic number and A is the mass number.
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