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Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems

From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems
Date 2015-11-26 01:31 +0000
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Odd Bodkin wrote:

> Delocalized electrons simply mean that the electron is not associated
> with a particular atom or a particular bond. Conduction electrons in
> metals drift through the WHOLE METAL, which is of course what makes
> those substances metals.

That is _not_ the defining property of a metal, but of a conductor.  
Instead, metals can be defined in two ways: in astrophysics, all elements 
that are heavier than helium; in chemistry, all elements with certain 
chemical properties.

> In benzene, the delocalized electrons drift across all the C-C bonds.

No.
 

PointedEars
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Ergodic Mechanical Systems Lorn James <jl33@query.info> - 2015-11-25 00:00 +0000
  Ergodic Mechanical Systems john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 07:19 -0800
    Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 10:25 -0600
      Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 09:54 -0800
        Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 12:30 -0600
          Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 10:45 -0800
            Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 13:14 -0600
              Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 11:50 -0800
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 14:40 -0600
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Lester Thorpe <lt11@thorpe.info> - 2015-11-26 01:07 +0000
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 20:51 -0500
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Lester Thorpe <lt11@thorpe.info> - 2015-11-26 02:46 +0000
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-11-26 01:31 +0000
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 19:53 -0600
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 01:51 -0500
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-11 22:18 +0100
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 15:44 -0600
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-12 20:50 +0100
                Re: Ergodic Mechanical Systems Lester Thorpe <lt11@thorpe.info> - 2015-11-26 02:50 +0000

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