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if it were a solid, vibration would be a reasonable guess, but unbound particles, the primary form of kinetic energy is basic translational movement, like a bas
by wolfram74 8y ago
if it were a solid, vibration would be a reasonable guess, but unbound particles, the primary form of kinetic energy is basic translational movement, like a baseball's got most of it's kinetic energy in moving from the mound to the batter and a bit of it in how it's spinning.
- sounds 8y agoKeep in mind the mean free path of translational movement, even at those very high pressures, is quite large relative to the size of a proton (even more so an electron).