Repulsion strength

[Abigail Menchaca_1H]

Is the repulsion strength stronger when electrons are closer or further apart?

[Amy Kumar 1I]

Closer because radius is a variable in Coulomb's Law.

[Marty Hockey]

Repulsion is stronger when electrons are closer and weaker when they are further apart.

[gferg21]

the repulsion should be stronger when the electrons are closer together (closer to the nucleus), because of the atomic radius' role in coulomb's law.

[thanh24mai]

closer!

[Rida Ismail 2E]

If you think about two electrons as magnets it makes a lot of sense. If teo amgnets are close together they will repel strongly but if you separate them then you can barely feel the force between thrm. In the same sense, the electrons will repel when they are close by but not repel as much when they are far apart because the force is not strong enough.