In reply to [email protected]'s message of Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:22:43 +1100: Hi,
Incidentally, for a Hydrogen molecular ion the energy is only 1.3 eV, which is far short of the binding energy of the molecular ion (about 16 eV). You could probably use UV to both ionize the molecule and spin it up. >In reply to [email protected]'s message of Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:08:21 +1100: >Hi, >[snip] >I think I just found the flaw in my calculation. The distance shouldn't be >taken >as the separation of the atoms in the molecule, because one is not calculating >centrifugal force relative to the molecule, but rather relative the center of >the Earth, so the distance should be the Earth's radius. That changes the >energy >to about 15 eV which is about or beyond the limit for molecules. >Regards, > >Robin van Spaandonk > >http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
