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How is the Atom's nucleus held together?

The residual strong force. The strong force (or color force) is what holds quarks together to form protons and neutrons. The residual strong force then holds the protons and neutrons together in the nucleus.


What type of force holds subatomic particles together?

electrons are held to nucleus by electromagnetic force.protons and neutrons in nucleus are held together by both strong and weak forces.quarks in protons and neutrons are held together by strong force.


Why are neutrons the glue that holds the nucleus together?

It would be better to say that neutrons do participate in the binding force that holds nuclei together, but do not alone act as the glue. Both protons and neutrons are attracted and bound in nuclei by the nuclear force. The strong force itself, a fundamental force in physics behind this short-distance attraction between nucleons, is actually mediated by another particle - the gluon.


What energy holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus?

The residual effect of the strong force, also known as the nuclear force, is the force that holds a nucleus together. It is constantly opposed by the electromagnetic force repelling the protons in the nucleus.


How does the strong nucleus force hold the nucleus of an atom together?

The strong nuclear force, also called binding energy, holds quarks together to form protons and neutrons. Residual binding energy, also called the nuclear force, holds protons and neutrons together to form the nucleus of an atom. This holds true up to about atomic number 83 (bismuth), at which point the electromagnetic force, a repulsive force for protons, starts to overcome the distance barrier of binding energy and make the nucleus unstable. This makes the atoms starting at bismuth and above be radioactive. Additionally, the presence or absence of extra neutrons, i.e. isotopes, even in light nuclides, can, due to the weak interaction, makes the nucleus be unstable, and radioactive.

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How is the Atom's nucleus held together?

The residual strong force. The strong force (or color force) is what holds quarks together to form protons and neutrons. The residual strong force then holds the protons and neutrons together in the nucleus.


What are particles found in an atom besides protons neutrons and electrons?

photons carry the electromagnetic force that holds electrons to the nucleus.mesons carry the strong force that holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus.W & Z bosons carry the weak force that holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus and mediate beta decay processes.quarks are inside the protons and neutrons.gluons carry the strong force that holds quarks together inside protons and neutrons.


What holds protons together in the nucleus?

The strong atomic force holds protons (and neutrons) together in the nucleus.


What is the force called that holds protons and neutrons together?

The residual strong nuclear force.


How do protons and neutrons hold an atom together?

The Strong nuclear force is what holds the protons and neutrons together in an atoms nucleus. Think of a gorilla with an atom of two protons and two neutrons together and his hands holding the atoms together.


What holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus (3words)?

"strong nuclear force"


What force holds the protons and the neutrons together in the nucleus?

The force between nucleons is called nuclear force.


What holds together protons and neutrons in the nucleus that is three words?

That would be the "strong nuclear force".


What does strong nuclear force hold together?

It is gravity that holds the universe "together" as we know it. Gravity, and not nuclear forces, are the large scale organizers of matter in our universe.


Why do protons and neutrons stay together in the nucleus of an atom?

Protons and neutrons are not elementary particles. They're made of particles called quarks (which we're reasonably sure areelementary particles). These quarks are held together in hadrons such as protons and neutrons by something called the color force, also known as the strong nuclear force.The residual color force, which you can sort of think of as "left over" from holding the individual protons and neutrons together, holds the collection of protons and neutrons together in the nucleus.


What holds protons and neutrons in the nuclues?

Hi, Ill try to answer this question. In the nucleus, there are two main forces which act. These are; 1. Strong nuclear force & 2. Electrostatic forces The electrostatic force, is the repulsive force which acts between the positively charged protons. This is because like charges repel. (You can see this in action if you place 2 magnets with the north poles facing one another and try to move them together.) The strong nuclear force, is a short-range force, which acts to hold the nucleus together. As the number of nucleons (neutrons and protons) increases, so does the strong nuclear force. As such, it is really the strong nuclear force which holds the nucleus together. Hope this helped.


What types of forces attract protons to each other in an atom?

The strong nuclear, or "color," force. (Technically, the color force holds the protons and neutrons themselves together; the force that holds the nucleons to other nucleons is the residual color force.)