BRAINCAKEThe Electromagnetic Force
Two charged particles with the same charge such as protons repeleach other and move away from each other.
Two charged particles with opposite charges such a proton and an electron attract each other and move towards each other.
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Key terms in this lesson
- Photon
- A discrete packet, or quantum, of electromagnetic energy.
- Momentum
- The product of an object's mass and its velocity; a vector quantity, conserved in any interaction provided no external resultant force acts.
More in Particles and Radiation
- Anti-matter
- Annihilation
- Pair Production
- The Discovery of the Positron
- Feynman Diagrams
- The Weak Nuclear Force
- The W Boson
- Beta Decay
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