Identifying Newtonian force pairs

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Homework Statement


Hello,
Regarding the idea of Newtonian force pairs, imagine a bottle resting on a table:
Weight force exerted on bottle by Earth and normal contact force on bottle by table are not Newtonian force pairs because they are different types and act on the same object.
Weight force exerted on bottle by Earth and weight force exerted on Earth by bottle are Newtonian forces.

So what Newtonian force pair includes the normal contact force on bottle by table? While making my notes, this is what I did not understand.
Thanks :)

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Remember Newton's Third Law and apply it to the normal force. The table is exerting a normal force on the bottle, therefore...
 
The atoms that comprise solids have electron clouds which push on each other. So most such forces can be considered electromagnetic. One electron pushes and is pushed, creating a force pair.

The bottle's electrons push on the table's electrons and the table's electrons push on the bottle's electrons.

Electrons can also pull. The bottle has electron bonds that hold it together.
 
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MBBphys said:

Homework Statement


Hello,
Regarding the idea of Newtonian force pairs, imagine a bottle resting on a table:
Weight force exerted on bottle by Earth and normal contact force on bottle by table are not Newtonian force pairs because they are different types and act on the same object.
Weight force exerted on bottle by Earth and weight force exerted on Earth by bottle are Newtonian forces.

In the following, what are the two objects involved?
So what Newtonian force pair includes the normal contact force on bottle by table? While making my notes, this is what I did not understand.
Thanks :)

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Jeff Rosenbury said:
The atoms that comprise solids have electron clouds which push on each other. So most such forces can be considered electromagnetic. One electron pushes and is pushed, creating a force pair.

The bottle's electrons push on the table's electrons and the table's electrons push on the bottle's electrons.

Electrons can also pull. The bottle has electron bonds that hold it together.
Thank you! I got it now :)