Fred wrote: >A single electron orbiting"Hydrogenic" atom has a Potential V = 13.6 * Z^2 >volts
Wrong for H in any case, it's 27.2V Fred (did you get my 2nd post of yesterday in thread "Electronium (Bound Ps-) Orbits vs Fractional Electron Orbits"?). > > Thus for hydrogen Z = 1, V = 13.6 and for oxygen Z = 8, 13.6 * 64 = 870 > volts > Argon 13.6 Z^2 = 13.6 * 18^2 = 4,406 volts, Potassium 4910 volts etc. > > Since the potential V at a distance r from a charge = k * q/2r volts V=k * q/r (cf same post, come on you had it right two days ago) > and the > Electrostatic attractive or repulsive force Fes = k * Z1 * Z2 * q^2/r^2, how > close can a bare proton (H+) approach a hydrogenic (one electron) atom? > > Or, how far into an oxygen atom of an H2O molecule does a hydrogen atom > need to go in order to capture one of the high energy inner shell electrons > of the > oxygen atom which can then be taken up to orbit the proton with the same > energy > it had in it's oxygen orbit, allowing that one of the outer (low energy) > electrons > of the H2O molecule will replace the proton-captured oxygen electron with > a commensurate energy release? well it's exactly... > Prompt answer not required. :-) ... oh I won't tell you then ;) Michel
