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Which best compares the gravitational force and the strong force?
Both are attractive and repulsive.
Both are attractive only.
Both are weaker than the electromagnetic force.
Both are stronger than the electromagnetic force.
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Both are attractive only.
Explanation: Gravity is always attractive. The strong (nuclear) force is primarily attractive at the distances that bind quarks into nucleons and nucleons into nuclei (that is why it holds the nucleus together). (There is a short-range repulsive core in the nucleon–nucleon potential at very small separations, but in the usual comparison the strong force is treated as the binding, attractive force.) The strong force is far stronger than electromagnetism at nuclear scales, while gravity is far weaker.
Explanation: Gravity is always attractive. The strong (nuclear) force is primarily attractive at the distances that bind quarks into nucleons and nucleons into nuclei (that is why it holds the nucleus together). (There is a short-range repulsive core in the nucleon–nucleon potential at very small separations, but in the usual comparison the strong force is treated as the binding, attractive force.) The strong force is far stronger than electromagnetism at nuclear scales, while gravity is far weaker.
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