[Home]The liquid drop model

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The liquid drop model is a model of the nucleus where it is treated as a drop of incompressible nuclear fluid. The fluid is made of nucleons?, and is held together by the [strong force]?

This is a crude model that does not explain all the properties of nuclei, but does explain the spherical shape of most nuclei.

Would anyone care to put a more detailed discussion here please ?


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Last edited August 4, 2001 4:17 am by THERESA KNOTT (diff)
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