Robin wrote, [snip] >> The higher frequency e- oscillations of the inner e- 'shells' >> means they are traversing the 'nucleus' more frequently, thus, >> creating a stronger coupling to the proton oscillations in >> the 'nucleus', and thus, harder to break them loose. >> stronger coupling = higher ionization energies. > > This is not quite right. The higher ionization energy for inner electrons is > primarily due to the fact that they are deeper in the electrostatic well, and > thus have farther to climb out. The frequency is also higher, but as a > consequence, not a cause.
Robin, That is probably what the CONVENTIONAL thought is... But the whole point of my posting was an out-of-the box model based on simple cause/effect/physical interactions. Your conclusions come from current models which are obviously lacking. Useful yes, but due to the LIMITS of the technologies used to 'understand' the electron, the models built from that data are, although quite useful, almost certainly just as limited! Now that we are getting to nano-dimensions and extremely fast pulsed lasers, we are seeing MORE detail... <sarcasm> gee, I wonder why??? </sarcasm> -Mark
