Assertion: hydrogen atom's proton | /r/CapableOf | repel each other
Facets:
value: by the coulomb force
type: OTHER
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: A diagram showing the main difficulty in nuclear fusion , the fact that protons, which have positive charges, repel each other when forced together.
text: The release of energy with the fusion of light elements is due to the interplay of two opposing forces: the nuclear force, which combines together protons and neutrons, and the Coulomb force, which causes protons to repel each other.
text: Protons are positively charged and repel each other by the Coulomb force, but they can nonetheless stick together, demonstrating the existence of another, short-range, force referred to as nuclear attraction.