Question

.All the protons in an atom remain packed in a small nucleus in spite of the electrostatic repulsive force among them. Explain how.​

Answer 1

Answer:

This is because inside the nucleus, the attractive strong nuclear force between the protons outweighs the repulsive electrostatic force and keeps the nucleus stable.

Answer 2

Due to strong nuclear forces.

• In nucleus there are quite strong attractive nuclear forces which exist between proton-proton, neutron-neutron and proton-neutron.
• Such attractive and strong nuclear forces are enough to overcome the electrostatic force of repulsion among protons.
• Which results, protons in atoms remains packed in a tiny nucleus despite of electrostatic repulsive forces between them.

Therefore, due to strong nuclear forces all protons in an atom remain packed in a small nucleus in spite of the electrostatic repulsive force among them.