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Question
Write any two characteristic properties of nuclear force.
Solution
Characteristic properties of nuclear force are
(i) It does not depend on the electric charge.
(ii) It is the strongest force in nature.
(iii) It is a very short range force.
(iv) The nuclear force is only felt among hadrons. At much smaller separations between nucleons the force is very powerfully repulsive, which keeps the nucleons at a certain average separation. Beyond about 1.7 femtometer (fm) separation, the force drops to negligibly small values.
[Note: Writing any two properties will be sufficient]
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