Question

What do you think would happen if opposites no longer attracted?

Answer 1

I would break up with my girlfriend.

Answer 2

It is what it is, Buddy.

Answer 3

Funny response!! However it is coming from a Physics Standpoint =) Any response
on that ?

Answer 4

Opposites do not always attract. Consider current in parallel wires.

Answer 5

please explain sir

Answer 6

if opposites no longer attracted, than atoms would unravel because the positive charge of a proton wouldn't be able to attract an electron and we would all disintegrate

Answer 7

Suspend two wires. When current runs the same direction in them, they attract one another. When current runs in opposite directions in the wires, they repel each other. When I did this experiment, we used pools of mercury to make the connections at the bottom of the wires so they could move freely, but I guess college students don't do that experiment today because no one will trust them with that much mercury.

Answer 8

Well, let's see. Atomic nuclei hold together in spite of having only positive charges because the nuclear forces, which are very short range, are stronger than the electrostatic repulsion. So if opposites no longer attracted, and we did not disintegrate, maybe we would have to consider the existence of some mid-range force to hold atoms together.

If they did not attract one another, they could repel one another or they could be indifferent to each other. If they were neutral toward each other, all of electromagnetism would not work, and how could we tell they were opposites? So the main chance of saving electromagnetism would be if they repelled each other. Then there could still be light and electronic communications and so forth, but present electronic equipment probably would not work.

Answer 9

Gravity is way too weak to keep electrons in orbit, and electrons live next door to masslessness anyway. That is why we would need a new force to keep electrons sort-of attached to atoms.

Answer 10

Wow!! thank you Amematsro and LarsEighner=) I understand your concept!! Thank you so much! So let me ask you this then... Using day-to-day activities or actions, describe how electrical forces play a role in everything that happens, including biologic processes.

Answer 11

Well, of course, electrical forces give everything shape and substance. They are why you can stand on a floor and why you cannot walk through walls. Most everything to do with biological phenomena have something to do with molecules having particular shapes (and those shapes deforming in certain ways in certain circumstances). Beyond the obvious, such as electrostatic forces between ions, there are number of quantum effects such covalent bonds, the Pauli exclusion principle, hydrogen bonds which are almost covalent bonds, and a hodge-podge called Van der Waal's forces (which are not a different kind of force from the big four, but are basically electrostatic effects in complex systems) -- well, essentially nothing biological would work without electric forces. And that is beside the issue I mentioned before: there would be no place to stand..

Answer 12

I kind of understand so can you Discuss the importance of electricity as a force?

Answer 13

Mr. LarsEighner you have been extremely helpful to me, Would it be alright if I became a fan of yours and vice versa?