FIGURE 13 2 Potential energy
of a pair of nucleons as a
function of their separation For a separation greater
than r0, the force is attractive
and for separations less
than r0, the force is
strongly repulsive Rationalised 2023-24
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(iii) The nuclear force between neutron-neutron, proton-neutron and
proton-proton is approximately the same