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Hmmm, if neutron's are of the opposite sign, is this what keeps the electrons repelled enough stay on the "outside" in orbit?
by hanniabu 8y ago
Hmmm, if neutron's are of the opposite sign, is this what keeps the electrons repelled enough stay on the "outside" in orbit?
- fsh 8y agoNo. The gross structure of an atom is only determined by the electrostatic interaction between the charge of the electrons and of the protons in the nucleus. The interaction between the magnetic moments of the electrons and of the nucleus (which is due to both protons and neutrons) leads to hyperfine structure on a much smaller energy scale.
- pdonis 8y ago> if neutron's are of the opposite sign, is this what keeps the electrons repelled enough stay on the "outside" in orbit? No, but it does affect which spin states of nuclei have the lowest energy. For example, the ground state (lowest energy state) of a deuterium nucleus has spin 1--spin of the proton and neutron are parallel--because the opposite signs of the proton and neutron magnetic moments make that state have a lower energy (more tightly bound).