Deepak K Kapur said:
I have given a caveat also...''Am I on the right track..''jtbell said:
Ok, I thought this but well within the parameters of established science...jtbell said:If it's your thought, you should not say "science says."
As the nuclei of the atoms of your fist and the bench come closer together, what parts of those atoms come even closer together?
Have you ever tried touching the north or south poles of magnets together? Electrons and magnetism are inseparable.Deepak K Kapur said:
Why not?Deepak K Kapur said:
No. You are on the wrong track. The answer to the question of why action and reaction are equal has nothing to do with the nature of the force or how strong it is and everything to do with symmetry. If you press on the table, the table is pressing back on you. Whether that force is sufficient to prevent your hand from going through the table does not enter in.Deepak K Kapur said:
Because electrostatic force is much weaker than nuclear force. Even in day to day chemical reactions, electrons move between atoms...so, I think they are not 'put' enough to resist strong actions.jtbell said:
At what ranges are you judging this from? Nuclear forces are limited in range, but electrostatic forces are infinite.Deepak K Kapur said:
I think you just accidentally argued (correctly) that your previous reasoning was wrong: It is indeed the electron interactions at play EVERYWHERE in the example of the bench, whether it breaks or not.Deepak K Kapur said:
There are two problems with this. First, the strong nuclear force is attractive. It is the force that keeps the nucleus together even though all of the positively charged protons are pushing away from each other through the electrostatic interaction. So if this interaction were governed by the strong nuclear force it would be attractive, not repulsive. Second, the electrostatic force is only weaker than the strong nuclear force at very short distances, specifically at distances about the size of a nucleus. Beyond those distances the electrostatic force is actually stronger.Deepak K Kapur said:
Newton's Third Law of Motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that when an object exerts a force on another object, the second object will exert an equal force in the opposite direction.
This law can be observed in many everyday situations, such as when we walk. As our foot pushes against the ground, the ground pushes back with an equal force, allowing us to move forward. It also explains the recoil of a gun when fired, as the force of the bullet leaving the gun is equal to the force pushing the gun backwards.
No, this law is a fundamental principle of physics and has been repeatedly proven through experiments and observations. It is a fundamental law of nature and cannot be violated.
No, although they are related, they are not the same. Newton's Third Law deals specifically with action and reaction forces, while the Law of Conservation of Momentum states that the total momentum of a system remains constant unless acted upon by an external force.
Newton's Third Law can be understood through the concept of force pairs, which states that every action force has an equal and opposite reaction force. In other words, the force exerted by one object on another is always matched by a force exerted by the second object on the first object in the opposite direction.