tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post4652847772979813047..comments2023-09-09T07:55:53.277-07:00Comments on El Pollo Real: Reasons for Resonancechickelithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-89955977074519116202011-01-01T09:30:54.759-08:002011-01-01T09:30:54.759-08:00I think you just lost me there LL. I was aware tha...I think you just lost me there LL. I was aware that electrons could tunnel through potential barriers but winking in and winking out is beyond my ken.<br />Can you link to a deeper discussion?chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-19319356928174330922010-12-30T20:40:21.630-08:002010-12-30T20:40:21.630-08:00Dr. Heisenberg's theory has been extrapolated ...Dr. Heisenberg's theory has been extrapolated recently by quantum physicists to suggest that at times electrons actually 'wink out' and then 'wink back' into existence - calling for the possibility that they are also shared interdimensionally. While it sounds like weird science, almost all quantum physics defies logic from a strictly lay perspective of space-time.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-11631717306200777592010-12-30T15:46:37.630-08:002010-12-30T15:46:37.630-08:00@LL A conceptual problem I have with molecular orb...@LL A conceptual problem I have with molecular orbital theory is imagining a pair of electrons delocalized over an entire very large molecule, say like graphite. <br /><br />VB theory teaches more of a localized between atoms picture.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-54912409348203842352010-12-30T15:27:53.811-08:002010-12-30T15:27:53.811-08:00In Pauling's valence bond theory, yes delocali...In Pauling's valence bond theory, yes delocalization lowers the ground state energy of the two or more atoms which are <i>already joined</i>. It's a given that the energies of the individual atoms is lowered by joining, otherwise they wouldn't bond.<br /><br />Molecular orbital theory already includes the concept of delocalized electrons and therefore has no need of the concept of resonance.<br /><br />Sheesh, I smell another blog post.<br /><br />Still enjoying your book and worrying about all that gold.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-39000393561888527212010-12-30T14:07:41.537-08:002010-12-30T14:07:41.537-08:00Resonance in a compound doesn't necessarily lo...Resonance in a compound doesn't necessarily lower the potential energy of the individual atoms does it?LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com