Re: pinhole transition metal ions electron configuration

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From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 28 2005 - 21:03:58 PDT 

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From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole transition metal ions electron configuration
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:03:58 -0700

Hi Ellen

Alas it requires wave properties for the electrons to miss the protons.

Paul D

On Jun 28, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Ellen Koivisto wrote:

> Does the density difference causes the electron to miss? Identical
> size charges but huge differences in mass and volume, with the
> electrons like huge fog clouds or really giant ghosts and the protons
> like sumo wrestlers condensed to say book-size without any loss of
> mass -- that's close to the number differences. In that case, even
> though they have equal and opposite charges, it would be as if they
> existed in only slightly overlapping universes. A ghost trying to
> hold a mini but massive sumo wrestler would find it impossible and the
> wrestler would find it equally impossible. So in that way the
> electron could miss. Is that at all close to how the electron can
> bumble through the nucleus without glomming on permanently?
>
> If so, that would be fun.
>
> Thanks,
> Ellen Koivisto
> SF, SOTA
>
>
> On Jun 28, 2005, at 7:57 PM, Paul Doherty wrote:
>
>> Hi Ellen
>>
>> I love what you do here.
>> In answer to the last question, the particle model electron falls in
>> toward the nucleus under the electrical attraction to the protons, it
>> misses the protons and then continues out the other side.
>> Or, Like the moon orbits the earth the electron orbits the nucleus.
>> With the difference that the electron's wave nature has more effect
>> than the wave nature of the moon.
>>
>> Paul D
>>
>>
>>
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