Do our fingers ever touch electrons or nucleis?

  • Thread starter Thread starter eha
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Electrons
eha
Messages
20
Reaction score
0
Hello everybody! We are discussing this topic but nobody sures what actually happens when we handle things what parts of atoms we actually touch? Or does magnetic sphere of atom stops our fingers to touch electrons and nucleis? How strong their magnetic shields are?
Thanks in advance if you provide any solid facts.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
WE never actuality touch anything, the negative to negative charge of electrons put up a repulsive force that prevents anything from touching anything else.
Except under extreme circumstances (heat or pressure).
 
I am not sure if this falls under classical physics or quantum physics or somewhere else (so feel free to put it in the right section), but is there any micro state of the universe one can think of which if evolved under the current laws of nature, inevitably results in outcomes such as a table levitating? That example is just a random one I decided to choose but I'm really asking about any event that would seem like a "miracle" to the ordinary person (i.e. any event that doesn't seem to...

Similar threads

Back
Top