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under hypothetical circumstances
in a situation in which:
two sets of particles exist, and each isolated in a seperate bubble of space, and the particle sets follow these laws:
first set:
two particles, in space, with nothing to interact with except each other, and they are both oppositely and equally charged, and both of these hypothetical particles are not influenced by gravity.
(assume full vacuum environment and that the particles are the only 2 in existence, as in, they are unable to be effected by anything but each other)
second set:
two particles in space, with nothing to interact with except each other, and they both have neutral charges, and they are influenced by gravity
(again, assume full vacuum environment, and that the only forces they would experience would be from each other)
could you in theory set up a situation where the attractive forces experienced on both particles in set 1,due to charges attracting, would be equal to the attractive forces experienced by both particles in set 2?
and if so, would there be any possible way to discern which force is which? what experiment could you set up to discern the forces caused by gravity, from the forces caused by attraction of charges?
under hypothetical circumstances
in a situation in which:
two sets of particles exist, and each isolated in a seperate bubble of space, and the particle sets follow these laws:
first set:
two particles, in space, with nothing to interact with except each other, and they are both oppositely and equally charged, and both of these hypothetical particles are not influenced by gravity.
(assume full vacuum environment and that the particles are the only 2 in existence, as in, they are unable to be effected by anything but each other)
second set:
two particles in space, with nothing to interact with except each other, and they both have neutral charges, and they are influenced by gravity
(again, assume full vacuum environment, and that the only forces they would experience would be from each other)
could you in theory set up a situation where the attractive forces experienced on both particles in set 1,due to charges attracting, would be equal to the attractive forces experienced by both particles in set 2?
and if so, would there be any possible way to discern which force is which? what experiment could you set up to discern the forces caused by gravity, from the forces caused by attraction of charges?
