A molecule of hydrogen contains two protons and two electrons. The nuclear force between these two protons is always neglected while discussing the behavior of a hydrogen molecule. Why?

Generally, when we talk about nuclear forces, we restrict our measurement to femtometer(fm)which is a small unit of measurement. But when we discuss of the forces between molecules, we make our measurement in Å which is quite larger than fm. Thus we neglect the nuclear forces between the protons in a H-molecule.


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