Question icon
Grade 12th passMechanics

How is tension force a kind of electromagnetic force ?

Profile image of Vanshika Sharma
7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
Answers icon

4 Answers

Profile image of khushi
7 Years ago
tension arises due to the em interactions between the molecules that make up the thread or spring or whatever.
thats why.....
Profile image of khushi
7 Years ago
Because moving charges repel due to electromagnetic fields, if you act to extend the string the charges move very slightly relative to each other which generates magnetic fields too. Not to mention the weak magnetic moments of the molecules/atoms. But my comment was more of a generality, one can really stress electrostatic or just call it all electromagnetic and it wouldn't matter 
Profile image of Tony
7 Years ago
the normal force is really just the electromagnetic force. Similarly, the atoms and molecules in a rope are held together by the attractive electromagnetic force they exert on one another. ... Again, tension is really just the electromagnetic force.the normal force is really just the electromagnetic force. Similarly, the atoms and molecules in a rope are held together by the attractive electromagnetic force they exert on one another. ... Again, tension is really just the electromagnetic force.
Profile image of Sarang
7 Years ago
Yes, tension arises due to the em interactions between the molecules that make up the thread or spring or whatever.