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1 posted on 08/17/2019 7:12:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Electricity flows through wires as a stream of electrons. As these electrons move, they collide with the atoms of the materials through which they pass. With each such collision an electron causes an atom to vibrate

Hmmm. I need to re-study conduction bands in metals. But at first blush this seems to me to violate the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. How many electrons are we talking about?

2 posted on 08/17/2019 7:18:07 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: BenLurkin

Very cool.


3 posted on 08/17/2019 7:19:33 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: BenLurkin

Nothing new, they figured this out building the LEM.


4 posted on 08/17/2019 7:33:59 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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To: BenLurkin

A nostalgia physics thread!
It’s so comforting thinking in terms of classical physics. Quantum theory took all the fun away.


15 posted on 08/17/2019 10:01:19 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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