(a) What is meant by the short-range nature of the nuclear force?
(a) What is meant by the short-range nature of the nuclear force?
(b) State the saturation property of the nuclear force.
(c) Using the ideas in (a) and (b), give a reasoned explanation for the fact that the average mass density of all nuclei is nearly the same, even though the mass number A varies from a few units to several hundred.