/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8916783
They don't really orbit at all. They are quantum objects. There is a certain probability for them to be in certain areas.

Is there a way to determine how close two atoms have to be before they are attracted enough to each other that they begin to move closer?

Take a hydrogen bond - How close (in angstroms) would the hydrogen atom have to be to an oxygen atom before it began moving closer to it via attraction? I understand that they are technically always going to be attracted to each other regardless of distance, but I am wondering if there is a way to calculate a the distance in which it's noticeable.

What is the probability of technology singularity being made in 50 years?

>>7964207

hey mr fractal are you crazy enough to make sense of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuU8jYkA1k

>>7908592

wave propagation and vibrational forces on different bodies are things a sound designer should be able to calculate, and a musician should be able to understand imho. that's what I would hire them for.

and mentioned calculation are not only applicable to music but much rather to every physical phenomena

How would you succinctly explain the purpose of the schrodinger equation to someone who's never taken a science class beyond high school chemistry?

>>7148456
You've pretty much got it all figured out.

>Behave like they're spinning even when they're not spinning.
Yeah, it's called "intrinsic angular momentum," which pretty much means that it's spinning around, but both professionals and autists on /sci/ don't like using that term (hell, even I only use it for simplicity's sake), so instead we say it's not spinning. Don't give up hope on this property, though, because there's a mathematical basis behind the difference. Just remember that it's "angular momentum."

>forming a "cloud" or big vibrating sphere or some shit.
Okay so basically we use what's called "90% contour," which is the area around a nucleus where we can statistically predict an individual electron to be located in 90% of the time. It can be all over space, but we choose where it spends about 90% of its existence. See pic related.

>Can't be in the same place as other electrons
It's called the Pauli Exclusion Principle, which states that Fermions (e.g. quarks and leptons, like the electron) cannot occupy the same quantum state at the same time. Kind of like how Bob and Joe can't both sit in the exact same seat in a movie theater at the same time.
>variation on their spin? (1/2 or -1/2?)
There isn't really a "negative spin," per se, but there is a difference between what is called "spin up" and "spin down." Basically, it's the same amount of energy, but the spin of one electron can cancel out the spin of another, provided they spin opposite to one another.

There can be only one electron in a subshell, but in a p subshell (which looks like an infinity symbol; a lemniscate), for instance, there can be three different configurations, therefor three electrons. But in an s subshell, which is essentially just a sphere, there aren't other angles to position it, so there can be only one electron in an s subshell.

However, if there is one electron in a subshell, then another electron can actually occupy the same subshell by having the opposite spin.

It'd be really neato to get an answer to this.

These orbitals are the ones that arise naturally from the schrodinger equation around a point of charge, right? So what would orbitals around a line of charge look like? Or a dipole? Would there be orbitals inside of a shell of charge?

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I've got a folder of various /sci/ related infographs. Anyone interested?

hydrogen wave functions

>>2420238
>>2420233
hahaha I can assure you that I am not EK.

>>2420235
Why are you being self-depreciating? You are a wonderful and beautiful person. Who cares if you are short or skinny? You are still EK and still the best.

There is more to beauty than proportion and symmetry of the bodies and faces of people. The beauty on the inside radiates to the outside and gives people an aura around them that you can feel.

>>2326685
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>>2326652
Pic related?

>>2198842
I don't have a large majority of the sparkcharts/informational pictures. I'm hoping to run into a poster who does have a bigger collection so I can complete mine.

Hydrogen Wave Functions

Hydrogen Wave Functions

Hydrogen Wave Functions