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Yes, the main advantage over those models is that it uses atoms that are essentially shaped and moving as atoms do. Perhaps the gearbox of your car is a relata
by mickfaraday 6y ago
Yes, the main advantage over those models is that it uses atoms that are essentially shaped and moving as atoms do.
Perhaps the gearbox of your car is a relatable phenomenon for you. The breath mints are shaped like gears lol.
- jillesvangurp 6y agoPerhaps a better analogy is Newton's cradle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_cradle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_cradle The ticking beads don't really move but transfer energy to each other. That's maybe a more useful analogy than the notion of beads or water moving through some pipe. I'm not a physicist of course but I get that what was explained to me in high school (many decades ago) was probably a bit of an oversimplification. Ticking beads lose some energy as they smash into each other. Hence thin wires heat up and glow. This is probably cringe-worthy enough for anyone who actually studies this for a living; so I'll stop right there ;-)
- mickfaraday 6y agoSame idea but momentum is angular in our model. Like the gearbox of a car.