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Why do protons tend to repel one another what is the key to getting them to stick together?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Between protons there is a force of repulsion, this is due to Coulomb's law, which states that two charges that have the same sign, experiences a repulsive force.

The strong nuclear force is responsible for holding together the protons that coexist in the atomic nucleus, overcoming the electromagnetic repulsion between them.

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