Assertion: atom's proton | /r/CapableOf | repel each other
Facets:
value: at short distances
type: MANNER
value: because of like charge
type: CAUSE
value: because of their identical electrical force
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: At distances smaller than 2.5 fm this force is much more powerful than the electrostatic force that causes positively charged protons to repel each other.
text: Two protons, for example, will repel each other because of their identical electrical force but will be attracted to each other by gravitation.
text: A diagram showing the main difficulty in nuclear fusion , the fact that protons, which have positive charges, repel each other when forced together.
text: Explain to students that two protons repel each other and that two electrons repel each other.
text: Although it is known that protons repel each other at short distances because of like charge, it is not known what actually holds protons together in the nucleus because we have never seen the nucleus of an atom.