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| SiliconWizard:
Well, the article they cite is this: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg4084 Scientific vulgarization has its limits. |
| Haenk:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 08, 2023, 02:35:23 pm ---That's wrong. Electrons don't orbit atoms like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital?useskin=vector --- End quote --- Humbug. How should that work, since we all know the earth is flat. |
| EPAIII:
Round, smound; more important is electrons are yellow. |
| Simon:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 08, 2023, 02:35:23 pm --- --- Quote from: Bryn on July 07, 2023, 06:49:57 pm ---I've always known that electrons are round, just by the diagram below: So this isn't anything new to me :-DD --- End quote --- That's wrong. Electrons don't orbit atoms like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital?useskin=vector --- End quote --- it's the diagram that is shown to you when you first learn about how electrons distribute in layers, from that you are taught how many holes there are in the outer orbit layer allowing electrons from other atoms to pop in to say hi and thus form chemical bonds. Noble metals have complete layers, hence as on smart alec in my class joked, they don't lower themselves to mix with other elements. |
| TimFox:
Yes: it's a diagram of atomic shell structure, not an image of the atom. |
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