If the Strong Nuclear Force is $6×10^{39}$times stronger than gravity, how is a black hole able to tear nuclei apart?

Question

Furthermore, would a black hole be able to tear apart a quark pair? Would there be a difference in tidal forces on a scale that small?

Answer 1

It is possible to "saturate" the strong force by adding enough protons and neutrons to a nucleus so that it breaks apart all on its own, despite the strong force. But you cannot "saturate" the gravitational force by adding more mass to a massive object- its gravity just keeps getting stronger and stronger.

And for a black hole that is small, the tidal forces it produces get arbitrarily large the closer you get to it.

This suggests that a black hole can shred nuclei.