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The thing that holds a proton (or a neutron, or any other baryon or meson) together is the strong nuclear force, mediated by gauge particles known as "gluons".
The thing that holds nucleons together is the residualstrong force, which can be thought of in terms of the nucelons exchanging virtual mesons. At very short distances (around a femtometer - a hundred thousandth of an Angstrom), the residual strong force is very ... well ... strong, but it drops off rapidly (roughly exponentially) with distance and at about twice that distance it's swamped by electromagnetic forces. which drop off only as the square of the distance.
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∙ 9y agoA strong nuclear force helps the protons stay together in the nucleus. Nuclear force is stronger than the electromagnetic force that would cause the neutrons and protons to repel.
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∙ 14y agoThey have a magnetic force that holds them together. Some have a positive charge, some have a negative charge. It's kinda like magnets.
No, the strong force holds the protons together.
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∙ 15y agoThe nucleus holds both neutrons and electrons in it.
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∙ 12y agoProtons are held together by the strong atomic force.
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∙ 6y agoThe force between nucleons is called nuclear force.
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∙ 13y agostrong force.
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In order for a heavy nucleus like lead to remain a unit it must have 1.5 times more neutrons than protons to overcome what electrostatic forces?
Lead can only stay together if it has enough nuclear binding energy to overcome the electrostatic repulsive forces of all the protons in the nucleus of its atom. Remember that protons are positive charges, and like charges repel. Only nuclear glue, that binding energy, holds the nucleus together. This binding energy is generated during the process wherein the atomic nucleus was created. The neutrons and protons that are going to be in a nucleus all suffer a slight reduction in their mass. This mass deficit is converted into the binding energy that holds a nucleus together. That's why it takes all those neutrons in the nucleus of an atom to keep the whole thing together.
Why do you think that atoms have neutrons?
The nucleus of an atom is held together by the strong force, to which both protons and neutrons contribute. The problem is that protons also contribute to the electromagnetic force, which repulses the protons from each other. The strong force has a much smaller range than the electromagnetic force, so in large atoms, protons only receive the attractive strong force from the protons around it while receiving the repulsive electromagnetic force from all of the protons in the nucleus. This is why large atoms tend to be unstable, and where neutrons come in. Neutrons add to the attractive strong force while having no charge that would add to the repulsive electromagnetic force. Without neutrons, the larger atoms could not stay together, their nuclei would be destroyed.
Protons in a lithium ion?
In an ion your protons do not change it will always stay the same. So in this case Lithium would hae three protons
What is a meson exchange?
The Strong Nuclear Force (also referred to as the strong force) is one of the four basic forces in nature (the others being gravity, the electromagnetic force, and the weak nuclear force). As its name implies, it is the strongest of the four. However, it also has the shortest range, meaning that particles must be extremely close before its effects are felt. Its main job is to hold together the subatomic particles of the nucleus (protons, which carry a positive charge, and neutrons, which carry no charge. These particles are collectively called nucleons). As most people learn in their science education, like charges repel (+ +, or - -), and unlike charges attract (+ -).If you consider that the nucleus of all atoms except hydrogen contain more than one proton, and each proton carries a positive charge, then why would the nuclei of these atoms stay together? The protons must feel a repulsive force from the other neighboring protons. This is where the strong nuclear force comes in. The strong nuclear force is created between nucleons by the exchange of particles called mesons. This exchange can be likened to constantly hitting a ping-pong ball or a tennis ball back and forth between two people. As long as this meson exchange can happen, the strong force is able to hold the participating nucleons together. The nucleons must be extremely close together in order for this exchange to happen. The distance required is about the diameter of a proton or a neutron. If a proton or neutron can get closer than this distance to another nucleon, the exchange of mesons can occur, and the particles will stick to each other. If they can't get that close, the strong force is too weak to make them stick together, and other competing forces (usually the electromagnetic force) can influence the particles to move apart. This is represented in the following graphic. The dotted line surrounding the nucleon being approached represents any electrostatic repulsion that might be present due to the charges of the nucleons/particles that are involved. A particle must be able to cross this barrier in order for the strong force to "glue" the particles together.In the case of approaching protons/nuclei, the closer they get, the more they feel the repulsion from the other proton/nucleus (the electromagnetic force). As a result, in order to get two protons/nuclei close enough to begin exchanging mesons, they must be moving extremely fast (which means the temperature must be really high), and/or they must be under immense pressure so that they are forced to get close enough to allow the exchange of meson to create the strong force. Now, back to the nucleus. One thing that helps reduce the repulsion between protons within a nucleus is the presence of any neutrons. Since they have no charge they don't add to the repulsion already present, and they help separate the protons from each other so they don't feel as strong a repulsive force from any other nearby protons. Also, the neutrons are a source of more strong force for the nucleus since they participate in the meson exchange. These factors, coupled with the tight packing of protons in the nucleus so that they can exchange mesons creates enough strong force to overcome their mutual repulsion and force the nucleons to stay bound together. The preceding explanation shows the reason why it is easier to bombard a nucleus with neutrons than with protons. Since the neutrons have no charge, as they approach a positively charged nucleus they will not feel any repulsion. They therefore can easily "break" the electrostatic repulsion barrier to being exchanging mesons with the nucleus, thus becoming incorporated into it.
An element with the same number of protons and electrons as another atom of the element but with a different number of neutrons?
For the most part, yes the quantities of each are different. Light nucleii can have the same number of protons and neutrons and be stable enough to stay the same element (deuterium = 2H, 4He, 6Li , 10B, 12C, 14N, 16O, 20Ne, 24Mg, 28Si, 32S, 36Ar, 40Ca are stable), but a nucleus of a given element can sometimes have more or less neutrons, and be stable. Tin is the heaviest nucleus that has an isotope where #p = #n, and this isotope is very unstable
What helps protons stay thogether in the neculous of an atom?
Protons = positive. Neutrons = no charge. So, since they're in the nucleus together, they cancel each other out and the energy flowing through the nucleus remains.
Why are neutrons in the nucleus of an atom if they have no charge?
well they aren't going to orbit if they have no charge. They hold the protons together. Protons, with the same charge, wouldn't stay together without neutrons.
The most abundent isotope of lead contains 82 protons and 124 neutrons packed closely together in the nucleus why do the protons stay together in the nucleus rather than fly apart?
Protons stay together in the nucleus due to the strong nuclear force, otherwise known as binding energy. This force is the fundamental glue, so to speak, in everything. It overshadows the electromagnetic force by several orders of magnitude, so that the protons do not fly apart due to like charges repelling each other.
How does the nucleus stay intact despite the protons it contains?
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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.
In order for a heavy nucleus like lead to remain a unit it must have 1.5 times more neutrons than protons to overcome what electrostatic forces?
Lead can only stay together if it has enough nuclear binding energy to overcome the electrostatic repulsive forces of all the protons in the nucleus of its atom. Remember that protons are positive charges, and like charges repel. Only nuclear glue, that binding energy, holds the nucleus together. This binding energy is generated during the process wherein the atomic nucleus was created. The neutrons and protons that are going to be in a nucleus all suffer a slight reduction in their mass. This mass deficit is converted into the binding energy that holds a nucleus together. That's why it takes all those neutrons in the nucleus of an atom to keep the whole thing together.
What is the contrast between protons and electrons?
protons have a positive electric charge,stay in the nucleus of an atom and are about 4000 times bigger than an electron which orbits the nucleus and has a negative electric charge.
How do the nucleus in an atom stay intact despite the protons it contains?
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Why do parts of a atom stay together?
the parts of an atom stay together because the the protons and electrons have opposite charges protons are positive and electrons are negative so the attract each other and hold the atom together. The electrons don't end up in the nucleus because the neutrons neutral charge reflects the electrons to not get too close.
Every atom is made up of how many parts?
Every atom consists of sub-atomic particles called which neutrons, protons and electrons. Electrons revolve around the nucleus and protons and neutrons stay inside the nucleus.
Why do the protons stay together in the nucleus rather than fly apart?
There is a "strong nuclear force" that keeps it together. In larger atoms like uranium, this force is weaker and may break, resulting in fission. If you found this helpful please click trust below
Do protons repel protons in the nucleus of the cell if yes then how does the nucleus and atom stay and do not disintegrate?
protons and neutrons are both made of quarks each with their own +'ve and -'ve charges, at the close proximity that protons and neutrons are found their overall charges are no longer in effect it's the charges of the quarks within them that affect attraction and repulsion
