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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

” ... the heavier electrons in molybdenum ...”

What?

Science writers might know how to construct sentences, but they don’t know Jack about science...


16 posted on 12/22/2016 8:57:58 AM PST by SonAboveAnItch
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To: SonAboveAnItch

yeah, i tripped on that also


17 posted on 12/22/2016 9:01:15 AM PST by telstar12.5 (...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
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To: SonAboveAnItch
That "heavier electrons" line jumped out at me as well.

While it is true that "electrons are electrons are electrons", there is sometimes an interaction of an electron with a material that makes it act as a new kind of quasiparticle, like an electron with much greater mass.

The general subject matter is called "heavy fermions".

21 posted on 12/22/2016 9:35:27 AM PST by Yossarian
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To: SonAboveAnItch

That is exactly what I was thinking. An electron is an electron.


22 posted on 12/22/2016 9:46:03 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: SonAboveAnItch
Science writers might know how to construct sentences, but they don’t know Jack about science...

Now your just being silly. A lot of science writers can't construct sentences either.

26 posted on 12/22/2016 10:39:22 AM PST by lafroste (Look at my profile page. Thanks.)
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