Wasn’t that incredible how much force was present just between the two? After I figured that out, I wanted to know how much “push” was present between two protons in the nucleus. If you think about it, there’s really no reason for the protons to stick together inside the nucleus because they are all positively charged. Let’s take a look at the iron atom as we figure this out…


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