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What are forces?

Basic explanation of what forces are, focussing on the subatomic world and including electromagnetic, weak and strong force.

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http://www.quarked.org/askmarks/answer5.html
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Strong Force

A force which can hold a nucleus together is strong indeed.

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Hadrons

Particles that interact by the strong interaction are called hadrons. This general classification includes mesons and baryons but specifically excludes leptons, which do not interact by the strong ...

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Exploring the universal glue

The strong force holds atoms together but it's very complicated and not well understood. This article looks at the problems and current research trying to find the solutions.

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http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/may-2013/exploring-the-universal-glue
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Hyperphysics - The Nucleus

Relative scale models of an atom, descriptions of size and density of the nucleus and the strong force, with good links to other sites

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Fundamental concepts of force

A very basic introduction to forces.

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http://www.nist.gov/pml/div684/grp07/whatis-force.cfm

Net Force

A demonstration of multiple forces that acts on an object.

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp//kap4/cd081.htm

Force

A summary page linking to many concepts relevant to forces.

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Coulomb Barrier

In order to accomplish nuclear fusion, the particles involved must first overcome the electric repulsion to get close enough for the attractive nuclear strong force to take over to fuse the particles.

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Kevlar the Wonder Material

Kevlar is a material so strong it stops bullets! Find out why Kevlar is so strong. And learn how research facilities like the Advanced Light Source can reveal the details of Kevlar's structure.

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