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Can neutrons touch other neutrons and can protons touch other protons?
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∙ 12y ago
When you say "touch," you are most likely seeing solid balls with a specific diameter, coming closer together than this diameter. Much like ball bearing stacked together.
Problem is, when analyzing protons in a nucleus, concepts like "diameter" and "distance between protons" become meaningless concepts. We can NOT say with any meaning what the "diameter" of a proton is -- we can only discuss the probability that one particle, at a specific distance from a proton, will interact with that proton. Worse, we also can NOT discuss with any meaning "where" a proton is located within a nucleus. At these distances, to say, "Proton 1 is here, and proton 2 is a distance of .5 fermis away," is a nonsensical statement. When we get within a nucleus, ordinary concepts of location and distance disappear.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoNot sure what you mean by "mingle" with each other, but all nucleons -- meaning all protons and neutrons -- attract each other when within a nucleus. Their attraction is due to the strong nuclear force, which is much greater than the electric force.
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∙ 14y agoThey are formed together in the core of the atom.
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What parts of an atom are found inside the nucleus?
protons and neutrons
How many protons and neutrons are in dysprosium?
there are 66 protons & 97 neutrons
What do you get when you combine neutrons and protons?
When you combine neutrons and protons you get an atomic nucleus.
How many neutrons and protons are in aluminum - 27?
13 protons and 14 neutrons
What they do mass number?
Mass number is about the neutrons and protons. The total of neutrons and protons.
Why don't the protons and neutrons touch?
Protons and neutrons don't attract electromagnetically. Because protons have a positive charge while on the other hand electron has negative charge.
How are protons able to touch each other in the nucleus of an atom?
They don't touch each other, they are all blocked by neutrons in the nucleus, that is why protons don't just repel each other and the nucleus doesn't fall apart.
Where are the protonselectronsand neutrons in the atom?
Protons have a positive charge Neutrons have no charge Electrons have a negative charge Protons and Neutrons are found in the nuclei of atoms, while Electrons orbit in layers. Neutrons separate the Protons so that they never touch each other. The number of Protons defines which element you have The number of neutrons defines the isotope you have The number of Electrons defines the charged ion you have
How are protons and neutrons different from and similar from each other?
Protons are positively charged Neutrons are negatively charged The number of protons is the atomic number Protons+Neutrons=Atomic weight
Why are their neutrons if they don't do anything?
protons and electrons are attracted to each other and act as magnets when close but if they touch it is cattastrofic for the atom. neutrons are neutral and sit in the middle of the protons and electrons to stop their electric charges from touching each other. electrons have no electrical charge.
What are the particles found in the nucleus aside from protons and neutrons?
No other particles; but protons and neutrons contain quarks and gluons.
How many neutrons do protons have?
Neutrons are completely separate from protons, so neutrons do not have any protons, and protons do not have any neutrons.
The nucleus of an atom is constituted of?
Protons and Neutrons.
What is the other name for protons?
There is no other name for protons per se, but protons and neutrons are collectively called nucleons.
How many electron and protons and neutrons does gold have?
Gold has 79 electrons and protons, and 118 neutrons (in the isotope 197Au); other isotopes of gold have different numbers of neutrons.
What are the charged particles in a nucleus?
Protons, which are positively charged. The other particles that are in a nucleus are Neutrons, but Neutrons are not charged, Neutrons don't have a charge.
What are the sub-atomic particles of uranium?
Protons, neutrons and electrons - as in all the other chemical elements.
