Home > Astronomy > Light and Fundamental Forces

Which of the four fundamental forces allows wax to stick to a car?

Answer 1

The electromagnetic force is what makes the wax and the car stick together. Even before you wax the car, the atoms and molecules in the wax and the car are held together by the electromagnetic force too.

Although negatively charged electrons and positively charged nuclei are what give atoms and molecules their seemingly neutral appearance. The electron-nucleus attraction, or electron-nucleus force in its most basic form, is what holds atoms together.

Furthermore, the electrons in one atom have the ability to be attracted to the nuclei of other atoms, which can lower the energy of the electrons and make them more stable than when they are in separate atoms. As a result, most atoms have a natural tendency to bond with one another, including atoms from wax and atoms from an automobile's surface.

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Answer 2

Asher Cohen

The force responsible for wax sticking to a car is the van der Waals force, which is a type of electromagnetic force.

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.