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you are dancing electrons (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by immortal_crab to c/tumblr@lemmy.world
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[-] Risk@feddit.uk 50 points 2 years ago

Remember, if it doesn't come from within an atomic orbital it's not an electron, it's just sparkling beta radiation.

[-] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

But if you sparkle only in sunshine, you're an Emo vampire. Know the difference! /s

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago

"The song expands to hold you both" is beautiful

[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago
[-] immortal_crab 25 points 2 years ago

this makes me feel inadequate as a writer

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Little maudlin for my taste, but it is a solid metaphor

[-] Donnager@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Electrons do not even have size

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago
[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

A property almost but not entirely unlike angular momentum.

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure what you mean? what are you referring to when you say size?

Electrons have a local volume of space over which they exert forces, non uniformly with increasing magnitude. Attempting to restrict the volume of space an electron can exist in increases the magnitude of these forces.

Size to me is a classical scale approximation, like temperature or state of matter. Electrons aren't distinct subatomically in not have precisely defined boundaries of interaction so I am confused about whether you mean something else.

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