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In a nucleus, the constituent particles are either positively charged (protons) or have no charge (neutrons). Positive charges repel, just as identical poles of a magnet repel. Let's do an experiment....

Get a collection of spherical magnets (probably cheapest to pretend at this point). All the magnets should have the same pole (say North) on the outer surface. These are the protons. Some non-magnetic balls of the same size can act as the neutrons. Try putting them together. They should repel each other and you shouldn't be able to make a nucleus...

but then why would you be able to stick them together even if there were no charge? You can't just attach snooker balls together without some sticking material. We need a force to glue them together. In fact we need a strong, nuclear force. "The strong nuclear force".

For our experiment we'll now need some sticky-backed Velcro. Put the hooks onto the protons and the furry stuff onto the neutrons. You should now be able to arrange the balls so that they stick together satisfactorily. Note that it won't stick very well with either too many protons or too many neutrons.

The strong nuclear force is strong over a very short distance, so the analogy of Velcro+magnets+balls is pretty good. The proton balls repel from a certain distance, but when they're really close to the other Velcro side, the gluing force wins.

In quantum physics we consider all forces to be modelled as an exchange of particles. The particles that dictate the strong nuclear force are called gluons.

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