On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
Consider a metal, a proportion of which is a radioisotope. I have several > questions: > One more question: - Consider that electrons close to the lattice sites of a metal or other solid are effectively taken up, in a sense, due to their coupling to the protons of the nucleus. The valence electrons, by contrast, which are only loosely bound if at all to the lattice sites are much more mobile and, in a sense, less shielded. Could these loosely-bound and excess electrons expose more of a charge surface to the short lived intermediate product when nearby electrons are needed?
