this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
801 points (97.8% liked)

Memes

45583 readers
1228 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
801
Heh (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they are oppositely charged particles, I would expect that there is a force of attraction acting on them, yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am not saying that's wrong, just that there's 21.6N of attraction force between the two charges not -21.6N.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But those are the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, if the force is negative it acts in the opposite direction

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, and a force acting in the opposite direction of the distance is an attractive force.