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(a) Plot a graph showing the variation of potential energy of a pair of nucleons as a function of their separation. Also indicate the regions where the force is (i) attractive and (ii) repulsive.    

(b) Write two characteristic properties of nuclear force. 

 

 

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a) 

In the graph,

\Rightarrow For a separation greater than r_0, the force is attractive.

\Rightarrow For a separation less than r_0, the force is strongly repulsive.

b) CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF NUCLEAR FORCE:

\RightarrowThe nuclear force does not depend on the electric charge.

\Rightarrow The nuclear force between two nucleons falls rapidly to zero as their distance is more than a few fermenters.

\Rightarrow The nuclear force is much stronger than the Coulomb force acting between the charges or the gravitational forces between masses. 

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