NATS 1945 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Inverse-Square Law, Hockey Puck, Fundamental Interaction
9 Nov 2017
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Electric force: an attraction or repulsion that exists between charged particles. Charge can be either positive or negative (like charges repel. The force is transmitted via a field. Like gravity, electric force weakens with the square of distance from the source, bus is far stronger than gravity. Electricity and magnetism are both created by 2 of the fundamental forces of nature: the electric force and the magnetic force. The fundamental forces of nature refer to the forces that are naturally created by matter, they would exist whether humans were around or not. For example, gravity is a fundamental force, it is a natural pull created by ea(cid:396)th"s mass, whereas forces like friction or air resistance, are forces as a result of actions, rather than being an intrinsic property of matter. So, it"s possi(cid:271)le that the mf is not its own distinct fundamental force of nature, it might just be a symptom, or a diff manifestation of the.
