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Re: CH4 for Odd

From moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: CH4 for Odd
Date 2017-06-15 12:48 +0000
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john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> writes:

>MM
>"another direction.  This is different from real methane, where there 
>is no way to tell any one hydrogen from any other, like an unlabeled 
>regular tetrahedron. "
>There's no difference in any of these four
>Hydrogens.
>What is the difference?

Each has a different direction of retardedness, compared to the center of
the molecule.

While, in theory, it could be possible to create something with all the
hydrogens indistinguishable from each other, with only one carbon it is
impossible to create anything with tetrahedral symmetry.  That's because
no matter what direction you choose, it breaks the symmetry. I knew this
when you started this, so I knew that this wild goose chase of yours was
doomed to failure.  (I also guessed, correctly I see, that you wouldn't
see anything wrong)

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