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Oct 31, 2015 · When two particles touch they create nuclear fusion or fission (depending upon what happens when they touch). In other words, two things actually touching would cause a nuclear reaction. This is explained by E=mc 2. So the bottom line, forces can be exchanged and fields can overlap, but two things can never touch.
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After all, consider Zeno's paradox. Every time you try to touch two objects together, you have to get them halfway there, then quarter-way, etc. In other words, there's always a infinitesimal distance in between the two objects. Atoms don't "touch" each other; even the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom aren't "touching" each other.
Apr 27, 2020 · This tends not to happen, because atoms are composed of charged particles that interact at a distance. When you try to bring two objects close together, the atoms in one begin to “see” the ...
Jan 27, 2023 · When your two fingers touch, the atoms in your two fingers never get nearly as close to one another as the actual atoms that comprise each finger. The pressure, or force over an area, remains ...
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The answer to the main question is YES. Two electrons will "touch" each other when their centers are at a separation equal to one electron diameter. Since the diameter of an electron is not zero, an infinite amount of energy, is not required to make them "touch." With a (calculated) electron diameter = to $2.82 \times 10^{-15}$ m, the required ...
Mar 7, 2023 · Atoms touch all the time! But to understand why we first have to decide what we mean by the word “touch.” Our normal conception of touching is grounded in the macroscopic world. I put a cup on the table – the cup is touching the table. You dip your toes in the water – you are touching the water, and so on.
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Our feeling of touch actually does involve the electromagnetic interactions, we touch with the field of the molecules in our hand the field of the other objects, and this touching involves the exchange of force carrying virtual particles, i.e. particles which do not have definite mass but retain their quantum numbers characterizing them.
