In reply to Keith Nagel's message of Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:35:14 -0400: Hi Keith, [snip] >Hi Robin. > >Cagles theory seems to fail in the case of static charges? > >For if lambda=h/mv, and v=0, lambda = infinity for a static charge. > >So then, all like static charges would attract by Cagles general case #1. > >Am I misunderstanding something here? > >K.
Yes. There aren't really any static charges. What we consider to be a static charge, actually consists of a collection of individual charged particles, each of which is subject to random thermal motion, hence v is not zero. It might be interesting to see what happens when a charged object is cooled to near absolute zero. (If I'm not mistaken, the voltage on a static charged object is partly due to the repulsive forces between the individual charges on the object.) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk All SPAM goes in the trash unread.
