Fundamental Interactions
Key Stage 5
Meaning
The fundamental forces are the 4 ways in which particles may interact with one another.
About Fundamental Forces
- The fundamental forces can cause particles to change direction or change from one particle into another.
- The four fundamental forces are:
- Strong Nuclear Force - Experienced only by hadrons and responsible for holding quarks together and holding protons and neutrons together in the atomic nucleus.
- Weak Nuclear Force - Experienced by hadrons and leptons and responsible for the decay of particles including radioactive decay.
- Electromagnetic Force - Experienced by particles with charge
- Gravitational Force - Experienced by all particles with mass.