Explain electrostatic force.
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Every atom is made from three different building blocks. Neutrons carry no electric charge. Protons carry one unit of positive electric charge. Neutrons carry one unit of negative electric charge. Neutrons and protons make up the nucleus of an atom, and the electrons spin around the nucleus very quickly like subatomic moons. A balanced atom, with the same number of protons and neutrons, has no electrostatic “force”. It is a content, stable, and happy atom. But not every atom is content.
Unstable, unhappy atoms are called “ions”. They have either too many electrons (negatively charged) or too few electrons (positively charged. They try and balance out their instability by stealing electrons from their neighbors, “oxidizing” them, or by forcing their extra electrons on their neighbors, “reducing” their stability. Either way, there’s some atomic violence involved, and the only way they can do this is through force — electrostatic force — which pulls neutral atoms and opposing ions closer, and pushes similarly charged ions away.
When the atoms get very close, the thuggery begins, and there is a struggle for the available electrons. The atoms are held close together for a time during this wrestling match (shrink wrap sticks to your hand, peanut shells cling to cardboard) until both atoms find some balance. Atoms with the ability to conduct electricity, like metal, find their balance very quickly and fall apart. Atoms that are resistant to conducting electricity, like plastics, have to struggle for a longer time to find their balance and “cling” for a longer period of time.
So, in brief and rather anthropomorphic summary, electrostatic force is when unhappy atoms, called “ions”, shove other atoms around and try to steal their electrons.
Unstable, unhappy atoms are called “ions”. They have either too many electrons (negatively charged) or too few electrons (positively charged. They try and balance out their instability by stealing electrons from their neighbors, “oxidizing” them, or by forcing their extra electrons on their neighbors, “reducing” their stability. Either way, there’s some atomic violence involved, and the only way they can do this is through force — electrostatic force — which pulls neutral atoms and opposing ions closer, and pushes similarly charged ions away.
When the atoms get very close, the thuggery begins, and there is a struggle for the available electrons. The atoms are held close together for a time during this wrestling match (shrink wrap sticks to your hand, peanut shells cling to cardboard) until both atoms find some balance. Atoms with the ability to conduct electricity, like metal, find their balance very quickly and fall apart. Atoms that are resistant to conducting electricity, like plastics, have to struggle for a longer time to find their balance and “cling” for a longer period of time.
So, in brief and rather anthropomorphic summary, electrostatic force is when unhappy atoms, called “ions”, shove other atoms around and try to steal their electrons.
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electric charges at rest. Since classical physics, it has been known that some materials such as amber attract lightweight particles after rubbing. The Greek word for amber, ήλεκτρον, or electron, was the source of the word 'electricity
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electric charges at rest. Since classical physics, it has been known that some materials such as amber attract lightweight particles after rubbing. The Greek word for amber, ήλεκτρον, or electron, was the source of the word 'electricity
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