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


tadchem@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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?

Actually, both, kinda. :-)
The electron and proton that have the same spin
share a line, and attract each other electrically along
that line while repelling each other magnetically
along that line. Thus the electron keeps a certain distance
(as they *face* each other).

But continue that line of same-spin *to the other side* of the center
of the
atom to another proton and another electron doing the same
thing, and since the protons are at the center, the second electron
and the second proton are both facing the other way, but still
within this line of same-spin. So both the second proton and
the second electron are inherently different from the first
ones because *they have opposite spin*.

Now you can take one of these oppositely-spinning
electrons and *back* it right up to a proton on the
other side and they will attract both magnetically and
electrically while turning in the same line, so you can
put them right next to each other. The only problem
is, the electron will disagree about where center is,
because it has its back to the proton, so unless it's
contained, it just moves away off the end of the line
and your neutron separates.

So you put two of these back-to-front (spooning)
proton-electron pairs (neutrons) in between your two
protons to stabilize them so the protons don't push each
other away too much

And you're good...................

John

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