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Originally Posted by Eratosthenes
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Yeah sure you were thinking of electron degeneracy pressure and van der Waal forces.
Strange how your link tells a totally different picture.
http://www.antonine-education.co.uk/...orce_graph.JPG
Since you find Physics relativity simple you should be able to answer the following questions.
(1) Why does the zero force point of the graph occur at an atomic radius scale and not at a molecular scale as one would expect for van der Vaal forces?
(2) Why does the force reach an asymptotic value as the distance approaches zero given that electron degeneracy pressure essentially makes an atom "incompressible" and therefore impossible to approach "small" distances?