Re: What keeps an electron from being "absorbed" by a proton?


malibu wrote:

Unless they are sandwiched between other nuclear
participants in a way beneficial to all.
As a buffer between two protons that would
otherwise repel each other too much, bringing
them to a distance where their common spin
over-rides the electrical repulsion.

Your post is not sufficiently specific.

Are you talking about a proton and an electron with a 'common spin' as
a 'buffer' between two protons, or are you trying to describe two
electrons with a 'common spin' as a 'buffer' between two protons? Which
particles have a 'common spin'? Do you realize that spin-spin
interaction between two particles the spins of which have the same
orientation is a *repulsion*?

BTW, the word 'buffer' in physical chemistry has a very specific
meaning distinct from that it migh have in baking (as the stuffing in a
sandwich cookie) or in railroading. In physical chemistry a 'buffer'
in a substance added to an aqueous solution to reduce the sensitivity
of the solution to changes in pH from the addition of other materials.

Your comprehension and communication skills would benefit from mastery
of the vocabulary.

Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA

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