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When Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table?

Started byYousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>
First post2016-01-21 07:56 -0500
Last post2016-01-23 02:27 -0500
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  When Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table? Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2016-01-21 07:56 -0500
    When Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table? HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 05:24 -0800
      Re: When Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table? Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2016-01-22 18:35 -0500
        Re: When Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-23 16:35 +1100
          Re: When Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table? Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2016-01-23 02:27 -0500

#546964 — When Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table?

FromYousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>
Date2016-01-21 07:56 -0500
SubjectWhen Will We Reach the End of the Periodic Table?
Message-ID<sYidndCv75H-SD3LnZ2dnUU7-bmdnZ2d@giganews.com>
Lots of problems standing in the way of going towards superheavy 
elements. From Islands of Stability to super-luminal electrons being 
required.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-will-we-reach-end-periodic-table-180957851/


	Yousuf Khan

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#546968

FromHVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-21 05:24 -0800
Message-ID<16b628f2-7c4f-430b-9cc4-3cc48ef6893e@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#546964
Any observation or experiment which indicates something moving faster than light speed needs to be discarded forthwith.

If you understand physics and relativity, you know why this must be so.

Sorry kooks. Nothing in our universe can travel faster than light

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#547331

FromYousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>
Date2016-01-22 18:35 -0500
Message-ID<-vidnWarV_VVIT_LnZ2dnUU7-UGdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#546968
On 21/01/2016 8:24 AM, HVAC wrote:
> Any observation or experiment which indicates something moving faster than light speed needs to be discarded forthwith.
>
> If you understand physics and relativity, you know why this must be so.
>
> Sorry kooks. Nothing in our universe can travel faster than light

Well, of course, that's why we may be nearing the end of the periodic 
table, as some of the electrons in the outer shells may be so far out 
that they are already travelling at relativistic speeds, so go any 
further and you need super-luminal electrons just to stay in orbit 
around them which is impossible.

	Yousuf Khan

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#547407

FromSylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Date2016-01-23 16:35 +1100
Message-ID<dgghpjFebdqU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#547331
On 23/01/2016 10:35 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
> On 21/01/2016 8:24 AM, HVAC wrote:
>> Any observation or experiment which indicates something moving faster
>> than light speed needs to be discarded forthwith.
>>
>> If you understand physics and relativity, you know why this must be so.
>>
>> Sorry kooks. Nothing in our universe can travel faster than light
>
> Well, of course, that's why we may be nearing the end of the periodic
> table, as some of the electrons in the outer shells may be so far out
> that they are already travelling at relativistic speeds, so go any
> further and you need super-luminal electrons just to stay in orbit
> around them which is impossible.
>

Or trying to apply the classical model just doesn't work at all up there.

Sylvia.

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#547423

FromYousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>
Date2016-01-23 02:27 -0500
Message-ID<VYGdnfwQse_Utj7LnZ2dnUU7-bednZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#547407
On 23/01/2016 12:35 AM, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 23/01/2016 10:35 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>> Well, of course, that's why we may be nearing the end of the periodic
>> table, as some of the electrons in the outer shells may be so far out
>> that they are already travelling at relativistic speeds, so go any
>> further and you need super-luminal electrons just to stay in orbit
>> around them which is impossible.
>>
>
> Or trying to apply the classical model just doesn't work at all up there.

Well, it's hardly a classical model that they're using. It's been proven 
that the larger atoms have electrons that are orbiting at relativistic 
speeds. For example, it's the main reason for the gold colour of gold 
atoms: their outer shell electrons absorb a lot of blue light.

Relativistic quantum chemistry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_quantum_chemistry

	Yousuf Khan

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