Question

What is nuclear potential. What are its
consequences ?​

Answer 1

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(1) In the nucleus, there are positively charged protons. The distance between two protons is about 10^-15"m, hence, the repulsion between them is extremely large.

(2) There are nuclear forces of attraction between all the nucleons namely protons and neutrons holding them together. These arise due to attraction between proton-proton (p-p), neutron-neu-tron (n-n) and proton-neutron (p-n).

(3) These forces are independent of charge of nuc- leons and they are equal and operate over short range in the nucleus.

(4) Nuclear potential : The p-p, n-n and p-n attrac- tions constitute what is called the nuclear potential and the consequences of this is nuclear stability