Recent content by Misha Kuznetsov

What would be the problem with having collisions within the ionized gas? I was thinking that to increase the possible capacity of the gas it could be compressed to add more of it in a set volume (which would lead to even more collisions, so if collisions aren't allowed that wouldn't work)...

How plausible would it be to store energy in the form of ionized gas? The idea is that a gas (I am assuming a noble gas would work best) would be ionized so that some outer electrons are removed from the atoms and then a positively charged Van de Graaff generator (or something that can fulfill...

I just thought of something: since electronegativity of oxygen is higher than iron, would the charges not go into the iron spheres at all?

Interesting answer, but I was picturing a Van de Graaff generator, that would charge up the salt water, adding extra electrons to it (so that the charge wouldn't be neutralized). Would the electrons just disperse evenly in the water or would they concentrate on the spheres due to their sharp...

Hello, if I had salt water and put microscopic spheres with iron spikes in (a lot of them, say 1,000). Then if a high static charge was applied to the water (say 500,000 volts), what would happen? My intuition tells me that the electric field would concentrate on the tips of the spikes, making...

I believe it's because the same amount of water has to come out of the hose end per second as goes into the end. Since the gap for it to do so becomes smaller, it is forced to come out at a faster rate (amount of water going through = rate * cross-sectional area). It is the same as if you blow...

I might be misinterpreting you, but isn't kilohertz a radio frequency?

Hello, I am just wondering whether it is theoretically possible to create radio waves through bioluminescence. I realize that most organisms produce only UV to infrared light. Are there such compounds out there that would allow an organism to make radio waves instead?

Okay, thanks.

Hello, Microwaves are classified as non-ionizing radiation, so my question is, how do microwaves separate atoms into positive ions and electrons? I've heard of multi-photon ionization, is this what happens?

Here: http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/in-atom-why-p-orbital-have-dumb-bell-shape.34010/ and https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/motion-of-electrons-in-orbitals-and-shape-of-orbitals.520334/ Does this count as properly citing or do I need to add more?

Ok, thank you. This has helped a lot :smile:

This is directly from the forum I read on: "So the placement of electron orbitals is determined by the conflicting requirements of electrons to get close to the nucleus, but far from each other." If the same quantum microscope was somehow used on carbon, we wouldn't see dumbbell shaped orbitals?

Hello, At first, I wasn't sure why p-orbitals are shaped as they are. I looked through the posts of others here and it makes some sense now. My understanding is that they are dumbbell shaped because electrons repel from each other and are attracted by the nucleus. Then why is an s-orbital...

I want to make ions in a chamber. Then remove the electrons somehow, I was thinking that I could just have a positively charged plate to absorb them. The ions would repel one another and the pressure in the chamber would increase. So I don't think having a hole in the cathode would work very...