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Neutron stars certainly do have attraction ... don't see why they can't have some chemistry as well. They seem cool after all.
by zelphirkalt 2y ago
Neutron stars certainly do have attraction ... don't see why they can't have some chemistry as well. They seem cool after all.
- mystified5016 2y agoChemistry happens in the electron cloud surrounding the atoms. Specifically the orbitals. While there may be some electrons in and around a neutron star, they are not organized into orbitals. By definition, a neutron star cannot undergo chemical reactions. What happens in neutron stars is somewhere between nuclear reactions and quantum effects. Both of which are decidedly not "chemistry" in the way most people use that word. More generally, only normal atoms can undergo chemistry. All of chemistry depends on the arrangement of electron orbitals. Once you leave that domain, you're in an entirely different field of physics.
- russdill 2y agoThe problem isn't attraction, the problem is they lack meaningful repulsion. They would just collide.