How are Atoms Stable when the Nucleus wants to EXPLODE?

In this video, we delve into the intricate dynamics of atomic nuclei and explore the fascinating forces at play within them. We discuss the inherent tendency of atomic nuclei to experience electric repulsion due to the presence of positively charged protons. Since like charges repel each other, one might wonder why the nucleus doesn’t simply explode apart.
Join us as we uncover the key role of the strong nuclear force, the fundamental interaction that holds the nucleus together. We explain how this powerful force overcomes the repulsive electric forces between protons and keeps the nucleus stable. Through engaging visuals and clear explanations, we illustrate how the strong force operates at incredibly short ranges, effectively binding protons and neutrons together despite the repulsive forces at work.
We’ll also touch on the implications of these forces, including what happens during nuclear reactions, such as fission and fusion, and how they contribute to the energy production in stars and nuclear power plants. By the end of this video, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the delicate balance between repulsion and attraction that defines atomic stability.
Whether you’re a student of physics, a science enthusiast, or simply curious about the inner workings of matter, this video offers an enlightening exploration of atomic nuclei, electric forces, and the strong nuclear force that keeps everything intact. Join us as we unlock the mysteries of the atomic world!

[@JP-xm3qf]

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[@txlish]

It is been a while, Good to see you , Sir!

[@MisterBinx]

I actually asked that question in college physics. I also wanted to know what the electrons don’t get sucked to the center of the atom.

[@MathAndScience]

It’s actually a really good question and I’ll probably do a video just on that in the future. It’s a combination of two reasons. The first reason is that the electron is not a point object that’s orbiting like a planet. It’s really a wave like structure and that wave has a wavelength and a frequency and so it can’t really get closer to the nucleus because the wave is waving all the way around the circumference at what we call the orbital radius, but it’s really a waving thing and the tail has to connect to the head of the wave in order for the electron to really exist there. The other reason is because of the Heisenberg and certainty principle. If the electron went all the way into the nucleus and literally stuck on top of the proton then their locations would be right on top of each other, and we know that according to Heisenberg, the position and the velocity of a particle cannot both be known at the same time so as it collapses in and actually touches the proton and becomes at the same location then the location of the electron would be precisely known and so it’s velocity has to get more and more erratic. Such a seemingly simple question, but no questions are really simple.

[@BHPhreakyx]

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[@MathAndScience]

Wow, thanks!

[@ASKstrive]

This is an Oscar-winning 24 minutes explanation of the Atom itself to the best of human knowledge. You are a very good teacher. I believe that what you taught is some fraction of what can be discovered, the quarks is a good name given by the scientist. This will explode on final day, when with this much knowledge, you do not believe that Almighty is one and capable, death is certain yet not believing that Almighty is superior. What Almighty ordered us to read, discover and praises Him for His Holiness. He doesn't need us but do we really don't need Him ? A person if he is born and is normal can have everything like you, teacher who gain so much knowledge and today i am appreciating along all others mean

[@mikecameraaction.]

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[@MathAndScience]

Glad you liked it!

[@tresajessygeorge210]

THANK YOU... SIR...!!! My favorite subject : QM- QED, QCD...!!! I would like to learn more about it...!!! Thank you so much again ...SIR...!!!

[@apollo-r5z]

Neutrons may be protons that are spinning longitudinally relative to the axial spin of the nucleus, whereas protons may be neutrons that have a centric up spin or down spin relative to the center of the nucleus. Basically, both protons and neutrons may be the same thing, differentiated only by their spin orientation relative to the nucleus. The symbol for gluons spring appears like a wound-up piece of superstring of string theory. One or more of these springs could be imagined as twisting together and interlocking to form heavier 'gluon 'springs' analogous to placing multiple steel springs into a jar and shaking the jar, many springs would intertwine. These quantum string springs (gluons) snap when stretched too far. The strong force may just be the inverse square of the logarithm of the gravitational 'force'.

[@YunxiaoChu]

No

[@mountainsprings3303]

What a great explanation. I love your videos. Thanks!

[@MathAndScience]

Thank you!

[@dkblack1289]

I have never ever had better teacher in 20 years of attending school than Jason

[@massmoin6733]

Excellent exposition.

[@ssiomos]

I think it's time for a series of Jason quality lectures on Special and General relativity...

[@vijayakumarhiremath4288]

Sir, you are the real hero in deliberating in detail & unbiased description of the invisible unsung hero "the strong nuclear force gluon" which is the real master of the universe keeping agitating protons in discipline and creating the universe as we see now, Thank you very much for your excellent narration of particle physics,

[@rhobeta-22]

A great lecture !

[@studytimebyfoziabarlas9890]

Thank you so much for sharing

[@stevrgrs]

First comment! 😂 The force is strong with this video :)

[@muhammadhussainsarhandi9928]

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[@stevrgrs]

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[@ShailendraPSingh-zv4wr]

Dussehra is celebrated in India as a day of victory. In Treta Yuga, it marked Rama’s victory over Ravana, and in Dwapara Yuga, it symbolized the Pandavas' triumph over the Kauravas, known as the victory of righteousness (Dharma) over unrighteousness (Adharma). In today's Kaliyuga, the distinction between Dharma and Adharma is understood by the common people, but not by the elite. What is considered unrighteous for developing countries is not so for developed nations. The United Nations, created to maintain peace, is becoming ineffective because the definition of Dharma and Adharma has faded between rich and poor nations. However, if we delve deeper, we realize that the understanding of the universe (Brahmand) and civilization (quantum) regarding Dharma and Adharma has been clear in every era. Today's dominant civilizations-believers (Jews, Parsis, Christians, Muslims, Sanatanis: Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs), atheists (mechanistic scientists, Marxists), and both (woke)-understand the distinction between Dharma and Adharma but do not apply it in practice. As a result, this distinction has shifted from the civilizational level to the individual level. In the upcoming artificial era (AI), it will be difficult to save civilizations, but it will be easier to save individuals. Why? Every individual is fighting within themselves. This struggle is between their understanding (logic) and emotions, both connected to the past. However, the individual also desires to connect with the future they wish to reach. Now, people no longer just want to live; they want to understand life. They are recognizing the Dharma and Adharma within themselves. Thus, every civilization has focused on individual freedom. Civilization transcends nations and politics, connecting people on a global level. If civilization today is quantum, then individuals are like genes, passing their traits from one generation to the next. On this Dussehra, we can all pledge as citizens to pass on the virtues of our civilization to the next generation, ensuring the survival and continuity of humanity and the universe. As Ghalib once said, "When it was time to cry, we all laughed, and now when it’s time to make others laugh, why make them cry?" Let’s raise the flag of Dharma’s victory and make peace with the Adharma within ourselves.

[@anirudhadhote]

❤ Very good 👍🏼

[@oldskool1977]

*The most scientifically academic thing I have ever heard in all my entire life:* 12:49

[@deholin7110]

能量的形式最終都是電磁波，電磁波和磁場又來自帶正負電粒子的相互運動。那麼帶電粒子為什麼會運動呢？帶電粒子在空間的延伸就是電場勢（即潛在力），當帶電的兩個粒子的場勢相接觸，就會在接觸面立即發生相應的相互作用力，作用力使兩個粒子相互接近或遠離，或一直相互運動（例如電子圍繞質子），就產生電磁波和磁場現象。電磁力依其作用尺度由小到大就是：夸克禁閉、原子核的強力，原子殼層的電子軌道、原子分子鍵合力，內聚力，物質間的相互引力。而弱力則是原子核內正負電調節機制。被描述成當今的宇宙四大基本作用力。 由此可知，四大基本作用力源自正負電粒子；物質的運動和能量的產生源自場效應；場效應分為電場、磁場和引力場，是一切運動和能量的根源。不是甚麼交換信使粒子，基本粒子標準模型中的玻色子，其實就是場勢（即潛在力），相互作用力則是發生於粒子間的場效應，所謂的光子是電磁波，不是甚麼電磁相互作用力交換的虛光子。

[@greggweber9967]

Is decay associated with the position and randomness of protons and neutrons so that if too many or too few are in one volume or quadrant, then it's now unstable?

[@drumtwo4seven]

Nice 👍

[@tigershiok]

think of it in term of 3-body motion in the atom and proton and neutron.... chaotic states, hence fuzziness, hence uncertainty principle..... hence quantum mechanic

[@fredg.sanford634]

Thanks!

[@MathAndScience]

Wow thank you so much!

[@nightshadegatito]

If we’ve never isolated a quark, how can we know they exist? How can we know we don’t simply have protons and neutrons mischaracterized, and that the “strange observations” I’m sure there must have been about nucleic particles aren’t explained by well-described and never-seen phantasms?

[@AndyKong51]

If neutron is just a buffer, why can't nucleus construct only with neutron? Shall we all live in neutron sea? Thx

[@tedlahm5740]

Why can we NOT REMOVE one protein and make a different element on the table?

[@MathAndScience]

You absolutely absolutely can, but they’re held in there really tightly with the strong force so the only way you can do. It is a particle accelerator to smash it and when that happens, New atoms lower on the table are created from the parent toms.

[@yawdesmond9564]

Pls how do I join your organic chemistry class?​@@MathAndScience

[@tedlahm5740]

@@MathAndScience Thank you (protons misspelled) Clear answer, as always.

[@mathgirl4841]

It’s cool

[@oldskool1977]

"Gravity" is NOT a force whatsoever! It's, in fact, dielectric acceleration.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

BS. Gravity is curvature of spacetime.

[@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi]

It all seems very convenient

[@williamhaddoc]

Ask Casimir if you want to know why nuclei hold together.

[@tedlahm5740]

Question, who made the CHARGE inside the atom? Who decided that the atom WOULD have a charge?

[@ASKstrive]

Almighty ALLAH. The One.

[@Ibrahim-uz8em]

Its the one true God, Allah.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

no one did. this universe is one of an infinite number, all with their own values for the fundamental forces and gravity. We're just in the one that is suitable for life to evolve, how could we be in any other? It's a 100% chance game.

[@garyha2650]

Gee, if our ideas are in error it could stall progress for say, 100 more years

[@tedlahm5740]

Only place new elements are added to the chart is INSIDE of a sun?

[@NegashAbdu]

How do we know electron is - not the nucleus.

[@user-tn4mr8co5v]

Can we make atoms swell like baloon and make it big with 5 foot radius?

[@ShimrraShai]

kind of, but the electrons, not the nucleus. It's called a "Rydberg atom". You would not see it, though, because you maybe only have a few electrons hanging around in that all 5 foot radius, nowhere near enough to scatter any light noticeably. Also that light itself would likely dissolve it, so you could not even look without destroying the atom.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

When a proton is ejected from the nucleus, the initial repulsive electromagnetic force is around 70 newtons. 70 newtons pushing against a single proton. Insane. And then the strong force is 100 times stronger! Ludicrous.

[@aku7598]

They are family except when neighbours barge in.

[@timwhite7127]

I think it's because god gets his hands on some really jacked up superglue...

[@DrDeuteron]

Wow, pump the brakes. The names do have meaning. "Up" ("down") refer to the direction of isospin for protons (neutrons). That's really important for nuclear physics. "strange" is strange because it didn't fit the up/down scheme. charm was charming because it made strange make sense. Then gen 3, top/bottom beat out truth/beauty...but it's similar to up/down.....but really only up/down have a meaning in math/structure. The others are indeed just cute.

[@MathAndScience]

I learned something thank you!

[@claudiumionescu]

Gravity is not a force.

[@ASKstrive]

Imagine electron, which is currently not composed of any further blah blah. Electron is the killer here

[@drumtwo4seven]

I DO NOT LIKE THE INTRO TO THIS VIDEO... I THINK ITS CALLED THE LOGO THE TEN SECOND OR SO INTRO TO THE VIDEO IT CHEAPENS IT MAKING IT RUN OF THE MILL PLEASE DONT CHANGE YOUR FORMAT, IT WAS PERFECT THE WAY IT WAS

[@GaryG-u4e]

24 minutes of waffle about something that can never be known.