Solving the Mystery of Material Solids: Gage Blocks

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Material solids maintain separation due to the balance of forces at the atomic level, where electrons repel each other, preventing them from occupying the same space. Gage blocks, made of steel, can be "rung" together because they are designed to fit closely without significant attraction or repulsion when not magnetized. Solids exist in a low-energy state, making them less reactive compared to gases, where electron interactions are more pronounced. The stability of solids is also influenced by the neutral charge of atoms, which allows for close packing without merging. Understanding these principles clarifies how solids interact and remain distinct from one another.
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I would like to know how material solids of exact composition stay apart from one another? Additional...Gage blocks (steel), while unmagnitized,can be "rung" together. I know that solids have structured atoms and are hard to compress and all that stuff...Help!
 
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I wouldn't know too much, but enough to know this would be better answered in the Chemistry section.

Basically my answer is, there's nothing attacting them to make them not stay apart. They are solids, so its at its lowest energy state, ingnoring Condensates etc... Not as much energy as say, gases, so it won't be able to react as easily. In those forms, the electrons react easier.

The only reason we don't fall through the ground is because the electrons on the atoms of our feet are opposed by the electrons on the ground. Negative charges reply negative charges, stopping us from unknown consequences.

Sorry If i wasnt very good.
 
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I would like to know how material solids of exact composition stay apart from one another? Additional...Gage blocks (steel), while unmagnitized,can be "rung" together. I know that solids have structured atoms and are hard to compress and all that stuff...Help!

You may want to read this:
http://www.cityreformed.org/snoke/hsbook/selection11.pdf

Also keep in mind that atoms are neutral.
 
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