Horace Heffner wrote: > This is to examine the feasibility that gravity has a role in fusion > at some distance. The Coulomb force between two particles is: > > Fc = Cc * q1 * q2 / r^2 > > where Cc is the Coulomb constant 8.99x10^9 m/F, the charge q1 or q2 > of a particle is typically +-1.602x10^-19 C, and r is the particle > separation. > > The gravitational force between two masses is: > > Fg = Gc * m1 * m2 / r^2 >
How do you know that those formulas are valid at those scales? Newton's law is only an aproximation. It assumes point masses. So, to ve valid, that formula has contourn conditions. Namely, that r must be greater than the radius of the two masses. Because in Reality there are no point masses. Newton's law ceases to be valid when the point of equilibrium(the point of zero gravity) between two "point masses" lie on the inside of one of the "point" masses. If this were not the case, the force would tend to infinite at small scales(when r tends to zero), which again is something that does not make sense. So, it's perfectly possible to think that "in between"(when r is approaching 0), gravity could behave in a manner completely different than at scales when r is clearly greater than the radius of the "point" masses. It could behave exponentially, to a point, and reach an equilibrium afterwards. Or it can become repulsive, when r is less than a given value. On the other hand, the same happens with the Coulomb force. Why are you inclined to talk about the Coloumb force at those scales, when the electron orbiting then nucleus clearly violates it? The Coloumb force again has contourn conditions, and could cease to be valid(indeed, it ceases to be) when r tends to zero. The Coloumb force also assumes point charges, which again is something that does not exist in Reality. > where Gc is the gravitational constant 6.673x10^-11 m^3/(kg s^2), m1 > and m2 are particle masses, and r is the particle separation. Given > the ratio of neutrons to protons is typically around 1, the largest > mass to charge nucleus is tritium, which has 2 neutrons and only one > proton, and a mass of 5.00736x10-27 kg. > > The best ratio brgcf of gravitational force to Coulomb force is thus: > > brgcf = Fg/Fc = (Gc * m1 * m2) / (Cc * q1 * q2) > > which is clearly independent of distance assuming mass and charge > occupy the same volume. The best ratio is given by: > > brgcf = Gc * (5.00736x10-27 kg)^2 / (Cc * (1.602x10^-19 C)^2) > > brgcf = 7.25186x10^-36 > > A similarly small ratio is obtained when comparing spin coupling > gravimagnetic vs magnetic forces. It thus appears gravitation plays > no significant role in fusion or in any atomic mechanics at any > distance. This even applies when only neutrons are involved, because > the electromagnetic spin coupling dwarfs both the gravitation force > and the gravimagnetic force. The force of gravity must only be large > in the interaction of extremely small and thus energetic neutral > bosons, e.g. a photon ball early in the big bang. > > Comments? > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > > >
