Recent content by Dick Niggle

I want to be working in labs during this time, as well. Maybe more than one. I definitely don't want to just be taking classes during these extra couple of semesters. I could use the research experience and I need the extra . I'll be working in one lab and taking two laboratory courses this...

Yea. I was looking into nanotechnology. It sounds pretty interesting. Do you think a dual degree in chemistry and physics would be appropriate if you are heading towards a career in a field related to nano engineering? I am considering perusing the second degree in physics, because I don't...

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. (If you don't want to read my rant, just skip to the bottom paragraph.) I am currently majoring in chemistry at university, and I am graduating next semester. I like chemistry, unlike most people, but I'm a little different than my fellow undergraduate...

I'm not sure why it's not letting me edit, but I did the math wrong, again. I believe the proton should have a wavelength of 10 pm, which corresponds to n=0. So, the proton can not exist as a circular, standing wave. It is probably appropriate in the model to take the proton as a point mass. I...

HA! With the center of mass calculated and the speed of the proton there in that tiny little radius created, the wavelength of the proton becomes smaller than the electron's. Actually, their difference doesn't seem like a whole lot. The electron has a wavelength of 0.3 nm, which is about one...

is this something anyone is suppose to understand? I thought it was just a concept, like what really is an electron, anyway, and how is it charged? Who knows. You know, there might be a small center of mass that the proton would revolve about, that may give a better result than the original...

Thanks. I will be taking quantum next semester. It's kind of embarrassing, but I run an SI class and I would explain this wave thing in relation to De Broglie to tell them why the electron does not fall into the nucleus, but after reviewing it myself. I don't know why the electron doesn't fall...

I'm just trying to make sense of his model, and when using his equation, it isn't coming together for me.

So, the De Broglie wavelength really does fail in this scenario? Did not De Broglie create a wave-matter version of Bohr's model? Maybe I should read his doctoral thesis.

I always used the matter-wave as an explanation for why the electron does not crash into the nucleus. As a standing wave, how could it? The wave would have to increase in frequency, almost infinitely, until it was the size of a point, the nucleus, which seemed like an impossible task. However...