Write important features of nuclear forces.

Important features (characteristics) of nuclear forces are given below
(i) Nuclear forces are independent of charge.
(ii) Nuclear forces are strongest in nature and are about 100 times stronger than electrostatic forces.
(iii) The nuclear forces are very short range forces and do not operate beyond a distance of three fermi.
(iv) Ordinarily nuclear forces are attractive in nature but for inter nucleon distance less than 0.8 fm, they become strongly repulsive.
(v) Nuclear forces are non-central, non-conservative in nature and do not obey inverse square law.
Class 12 Physics Chapter 13 Nuclei Session 2024-2025.