Relativ strength of all 4 forces

[johann1301]

I have a poor physics book that doesn't really explain things easy. My book states that

Strong force - 1
Electromagnetic force - 10^-2
Weak force - 10^-6
Gravity - 10^-43

This is the "relative strength between the 4 forces" is what my book says.

But what does that mean? Is there some maximum amount of gravity, which always is lower than the maximum amount of strong force. (it might be a very stupid question)

?

 

[tiny-tim]

hi johann1301!

i think it's comparing the strengths of the different forces between the same pair of particles …

eg the electromagnetic force between two electrons is about 10⁴¹ times the gravitational force between them