Horace Heffner writes > In "THE ATOMIC EXPANSION HYPOTHESIS" I wrote: > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "From this it is determined that the face hole will pass a sphere of radius > 0.2885 � and the tetrahedral space will accommodate a sphere of radius > 0.6118 �. However, an H2 molecule can be placed across one axis of the > tetrahedron with each atom partway through a face hole. In fact, the H2 > atom could pass through the face holes with only an expansion of the bond > length of 2*(.3200 -.2885) = .063 �. This is an increase in bond length of > about 2.5 percent." > > Elem. Bond Covalent Atomic Face Hole Tetrahedral > Length Radius Radius Radius Space Radius > (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) > Ge 2.4498 1.22 1.52 0.1944 0.5123 > Pt 2.7460 1.30 1.83 0.2854 0.6417 > Ni 2.4916 1.15 1.62 0.2885 0.6118 > Cu 2.5560 1.17 1.57 0.3057 0.6373 > Pd 2.7511 1.28 1.79 0.3083 0.6653 > Au 2.8841 1.34 1.79 0.3251 0.6993 > Ag 2.8894 1.34 1.75 0.3282 0.7031 > Al 2.8630 1.25 1.82 0.4030 0.7744 > Ce 3.6500 1.65 2.70 0.4573 0.9309 > Yb 3.8800 1.74 2.40 0.5001 1.0035 > Ca 3.9470 1.74 2.23 0.5388 1.0509 > Pb 3.5003 1.47 1.81 0.5509 1.0051 > Sr 4.3020 1.91 2.45 0.5738 1.1319
Horace, Consipuously absent from the list is W (Tungsten) which has been implicated in a number of OU experiments. Apparently W is not within the correct parameters for the AEH? Jones
