Physics A-Level
Force-separation relationship
What Force-separation relationship means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Force-separation relationship
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Reference: OCR
Between about 0.5 fm and 3 fm the force is attractive, with a maximum attraction around 1 fm, and below about 0.5 fm it becomes repulsive, preventing nucleons from collapsing into each other.
Topics that use Force-separation relationship
- The nuclear atom (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Atomic and nuclear density
- Atomic and nuclear dimensions
- Atomic structure
- Charge and neutrality
- Evidence from scattering
- Isotopes
- Nuclear notation
- Nuclear radius
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