nuclear power

nuclear power

The nuclear force is the force exchanged between two or more nucleons (protons + neutrons), and this force is responsible for connecting the neutrons and protons in the (atomic nucleus), which is the central part of the atom in which the mass of the atom is condensed, and most of the mass in it consists of positive protons. Neutrons are neutral in charge.

The nature of nuclear power

There are in nature a number of basic forces known to us, such as electromagnetic forces, attractive forces, and weak forces. In addition to these forces, there are a number of other very important and new forces, known as the nuclear force, which is responsible for binding the components of the nucleus to each other. Many attempts have been made to understand The nuclear field or nuclear force occurred during the emergence of the hypothesis that the nucleus contains neutrons and protons - the neutron-proton hypothesis - where the question posed at that time was how the protons and neutrons were connected to each other inside the nucleus.

Properties of nuclear power

The nuclear force is defined as a very strong force of attraction between two nuclei inside the nucleus. This bond is between a neutron and a neutron, a proton and a proton. This force works to maintain the stability of the nucleus in general. For example, in heavy nuclei, it is noted that the nuclear force is greater. From the Coulombic force of repulsion between the protons, otherwise there would not be heavy nuclei. On the other hand, there must be a force of repulsion between the nuclei in very small spaces, as this force of repulsion works in one way or another to prevent the nuclei from being concentrated at one point in the form of A single particle or its collision.

• The effective range between any two nuclei in nuclear force is very small. Since it is possible to say that the effect is only in neighboring nuclei.
• Saturated nuclear force, which means that a single nucleus inside the nucleus can deal forcefully with a limited number of nuclei surrounding it only. To know this matter, we can return to the shape of the stability curve linking the mass number A and the rate of nuclear binding energy, where it can be said that the rate of binding energy The nuclear force is equal to Mev/nucleon 8, and from here we know that the rate of nuclear binding energy is equal to a fixed quantity, in other words, it is that the nuclear force is saturated.
• The nuclear force between the nuclei inside the nucleus does not depend on the type of nucleon or the charge at all. Because the bonding forces between protons and neutrons, or between two protons or two neutrons, are equal.