What is Nuclear Force?
The nuclear forces exist inside the nucleus, i.e., the nuclear force exists between protons and neutrons and holds them together inside the nucleus.
Nuclear force exists between neutrons and neutrons, neutrons and protons, and protons and protons. As we know according to Coulomb’s Law same charges repel each other and protons are made of similar charges but still inside a nucleus protons are held together even though they repel each other, this is because of Nuclear force. The nuclear force is one of the strongest forces in nature hence it overcomes, the electrostatic force inside the nucleus and keeps it intact.
The nuclear forces are further classified into two categories which are discussed below,
Nuclear Force
Nuclear forces, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force are two of the four fundamental forces of nature other than electromagnetic and gravitational forces. Unlike Coulomb’s Law or Newton’s Law of Gravitation, there is no simple mathematical way to describe nuclear forces. Nuclear forces are one of the strongest forces of nature.
According to the standard model nuclear forces arise due to the exchange of gluons. Since nucleons are made up of quarks, i.e., neutron (udd) and proton (uud), where u and d denote up and down quarks, respectively. The exchange of quarks between the neutron and proton keeps them intact inside the nucleus.