The force of attraction increases as an electron and a proton approach each other. And it varies inversely as the square of the distance between the particles. Let's break it down. Ready? Jump with me. The electron and the proton have a negative electrostatic charge and a positive electrostatic charge respectively. Each charge - and the force associated with that unit of charge - is constant - and equal. (The electron and proton have equal, but oppositely polarized, electrostatic charges.) But there is more. According to the law of electrostatics, like charges repel, and opposite charges attract, so they will be attracted to each other. And as they get closer, the force acting on them to pull them together increases - by the inverse square of the distance that separates them. Keep going. If an electron and a proton are a given distance apart, they will attract each other. The electron, because it is only about 1/1836th (or so) of the mass of the proton, will do almost all of the moving. The force acting on each particle is the same, but because the electron is lighter by a ton, the force acting on it will cause it to accelerate much more than the proton will accelerate. When the distance between the two particles is half of what it was at the start, the force of attraction between the two bodies will be four times what it was at the start. It is Coulomb's Law that is at work here, and this is the statement of that law: The magnitude of the electrostatic force between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of each charge and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges.Need links? You got 'em.
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If a negatively charged electron "falls into" (combines with) a positively charged proton, which does happen, it will form a neutral (obviously) neutron. Similarly, in radioactive decay, a neutron decays into one electron and one proton. This radioactive decay is due to the weak nuclear force. Hope this helps.
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They have opposite charges.
neutron, proton, electron
They form a hydrogen atom.
A proton has positive charge and an electron has negative. They pull/attract for this very reason. Like-charges repel, and opposites attract. Think of magnets! When you put the same poles close to one another, what happens? They repel and they don't want to stick. But what happens when you put the south pole near the north pole? They pull and attract!
The neutron changes into a proton and an electron
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A proton is bigger than electron
An electron will not decay into a proton by any means.
A proton is bigger than electron
No. The electron and proton have the same amount of charge. Its just that the electron's charge is negative and the proton's charge is positive.
nothing, they both even out!
An electron is 1/1,836 of a proton.
remove either a proton or electron OR add a proton or electron...
A proton and an electron have exactly opposite charges. If you take the charge of a proton as +1, then an electron has a charge of -1.