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Antymattar
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Hello. I recently read Theodore Gray`s book "The Elements" and was extremely fascinated by the small world of atoms. I was fascinated about the structure of atoms and wanted to know more about why and how they are composed.
After studying a bit I hit a bit of a curiosity. Why don some elements atoms don`t pack their electrons in a way so that they are not always as close to the core as possible? Is there an explanation to this? I was also very interested ion the lanthanide section of the periodic table. I heard that an element is defined by their outer ring of electrons, thought, that can clearely not be the case considering that the lanthanides have the same amount of electrons on the outer ring. So one must conclude that the inner electrons also define the element in some way.
Now what does this have to do with the title? I was wondering, would it be possible to assemble atoms in a way that you can define in what ring the electrons are located. Would it be possible to make a hydrogen atom but have it`s electron be somwhere in the 7p orbit?
If so then I soppose that that would create a completely new element with new properties.
I appologise for any bad grammar you may come across(I`m Latvian)
After studying a bit I hit a bit of a curiosity. Why don some elements atoms don`t pack their electrons in a way so that they are not always as close to the core as possible? Is there an explanation to this? I was also very interested ion the lanthanide section of the periodic table. I heard that an element is defined by their outer ring of electrons, thought, that can clearely not be the case considering that the lanthanides have the same amount of electrons on the outer ring. So one must conclude that the inner electrons also define the element in some way.
Now what does this have to do with the title? I was wondering, would it be possible to assemble atoms in a way that you can define in what ring the electrons are located. Would it be possible to make a hydrogen atom but have it`s electron be somwhere in the 7p orbit?
If so then I soppose that that would create a completely new element with new properties.
I appologise for any bad grammar you may come across(I`m Latvian)