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Re: How fast are atoms spinning?

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john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> wrote:
> Odd
> “Lol. 
> 
> Well, see, if it’s not a huge amount of energy (and it’s not) then it’s not 
> really a Holy Cow event is it? 
> 
> As for what can supply that energy, oh, let’s see. A little bit of electric 
> current like what powers a fluorescent light bulb. Or an electron impact, 
> like what makes a phosphorescent screen glow. Or the ionization of a 
> passing cosmic ray, which is what makes a little pulse of light in 
> scintillator plastic. Or any of a zillion other small exchanges of energy 
> that cause ionization every single second of every single day your whole 
> life. ”
> Well, you’ll forgive me if I don’t believe that a woodworker has the
> first clue as to how much energy is required to accelerate an electron from zero to .3c. 

John, what I do for a living has NOTHING to do with what I’ve read or what
I know about physics or what calculations I can do. If you’re going to
start a pissing match based on occupations, then perhaps you should own
upon what you do professionally and how that puts you in a position to
judge what a woodworker knows how to calculate. 

It takes 13.6 eV to eject an electron from ground state hydrogen. It takes
a quarter of that if it’s in its first excited state. 

13.6 eV is 2.18E-11 ergs. That’s 22 trillionths of an erg. If you drop a
dime in the process of giving change for a burger and fries, that dime will
acquire 222,500 ergs by the time it hits your nonslip shoes. 

It took me a total of 90 seconds to do all those calculations. Never
presume that your readers are in the same level of understanding as you. In
your case, it would be helpful if you reminded yourself often than you know
less than most people here. 

This isn’t going to make you happy. You’ll probably call me dick for saying
such things. I don’t believe in coddling people who aren’t interested in
doing the work. 

> Presumably after instantaneously reassembling it from its ‘distribution’
> around the atom back into a ‘point’. lol
> 



-- 
Odd Bodkin — Maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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How fast are atoms spinning? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 05:03 -0800
  Re: How fast are atoms spinning? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2019-02-01 13:48 +0000
    Re: How fast are atoms spinning? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 06:31 -0800
      Re: How fast are atoms spinning? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2019-02-01 16:25 +0000
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      Re: How fast are atoms spinning? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2019-02-01 16:33 +0000
    Re: How fast are atoms spinning? poraty6@gmail.com - 2019-02-01 08:56 -0800
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      Re: How fast are atoms spinning? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2019-02-05 01:32 -0800
        Re: How fast are atoms spinning? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2019-02-05 13:16 +0000
          Re: How fast are atoms spinning? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2019-02-05 05:36 -0800
            Re: How fast are atoms spinning? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2019-02-05 14:06 +0000
              Re: How fast are atoms spinning? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2019-02-05 07:11 -0800
                Re: How fast are atoms spinning? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2019-02-05 17:04 +0000
                Re: How fast are atoms spinning? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2019-02-05 17:29 +0000
                Re: How fast are atoms spinning? mitchrae3323@gmail.com - 2019-02-05 20:40 -0800
            Re: How fast are atoms spinning? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2019-02-05 17:00 +0000
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