On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 7:56 AM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
> One observation that appears valid is that electrons certainly occur in > pairs around nuclei. > This is an interesting thought. But note that the electrons in shells around a nucleus are probably not in pairs due to some kind of mutual attraction; they're strongly attracted to the positively charged protons in the nucleus and settle into pairs because with opposite spins they don't cancel each other out. Or so my understanding would lead me to believe. Eric
