The net potential energy of atoms in a solid, crystalline, stable configuration depends on all of the following EXCEPT


a. interatomic spacing
b. Madelung constant


c. repulsive potential from the Pauli exclusion principle

d. attractive potential from the strong nuclear force
e. attractive potential from the Coulomb force



d.
The strong nuclear force works only on scales much smaller than the interatomic spacing of the ions in an atom, and therefore does not play a role in the potential energy of the ion

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A.

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B.
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C.
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D.
v2 should be replaced by .

E.
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