bjschaeffer
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We could just say that a neutron is neutral and so you are wrong, bjschaeffer, QED.
But the real problem is the lack of calculations: "Thus, according to Coulomb's law, the attraction is smaller than the repulsion" is as valid a conclusion as yours. As ben m said back in November 2012:
The reality you are ignoring, bjschaeffer:
The neutron is a composite particle made up of 1 up quark (+2/3 e) and 2 down quarks (-1/3 e each). The measured charge distribution as of 2007 is "a negatively charged exterior, a positively charged middle, and a negative core".
So this mental picture of the charges inside a neutron is just wrong, bjschaeffer:.
How did you calculate this?
Of course the neutron contains electric charges of no net charge, for you, it is 3 quarks, for me, it is a +e charge and a -e charge. You should read Feynman, cited in my paper "Electric and Magnetic Coulomb Potentials in the Deuteron":
“The positive charge attracts negative charges to the side closer to itself and leaves positive charges on the surface of the far side. The attraction by the negative charges exceeds the repulsion from the positive charges, there is a net attraction”.
The bare application of Coulomb laws proves that there is an attraction between a proton and a neutron. See my paper "Electric and Magnetic Coulomb Potentials in the Deuteron".
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