In reply to [email protected]'s message of Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:30:29 +1100: Hi, [snip] >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
I really shouldn't try using my brain at this time of day. The binding energy of the molecular ion is only about 2.7 eV (i.e. the energy required to break it up into a proton and a Hydrogen atom). Hydrino molecular ions OTOH can run into keV... :) .....but these are much harder to keep ionized. :( >probably use UV to both ionize the molecule and spin it up. ...and you don't need to use UV. Ordinary RF will do because it accelerates free electrons to the point where they can do the job. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
