Answer
Electrical repulsion.
Work Step by Step
Atoms do not pass through one another due to the repulsion of their negatively-charged electron clouds. Quantum-mechanical effects also prevent the overlap of electronic shells.
Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
by Hewitt, Paul G.
Published by
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10:
0321909100
ISBN 13:
978-0-32190-910-7
Chapter 11 - Think and Explain - Page 224-225: 58
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