This sort of thing makes me wonder about scientists, or the scientific 'process'...
For those of you more familiar with the details of atomic/molecular physics, can you please explain why you would even think that the magnetic orientation/properties of copper atoms in covalent bonds would be anything like in isolated copper atoms??? http://www.rdmag.com/Materials-Fuller-physics-helps-solve-materials-mystery/?wnnvz=cIpb87iV1KLyC3Pk -------------- quote from the article --------------- "When making comparisons between experiment and calculation, we, and others, were often finding discrepancies that were then being explained away as systematic errors, imperfections in the samples, or other effects," said Professor Perring. "But there are only so many times you can ignore these factors before you have to work out why they are there. The answer in the end was as straightforward as MAKING SURE TO INCLUDE ALL THE PHYSICS." [my emphasis] Calculations previously had been based on copper atoms being isolated; the correct shape of the magnetism of copper atoms when part of a covalent bond had not been taken into account. Copper-oxygen-copper bonds are a common feature of the copper oxide ceramic family, with the atomic level magnetism arising from the arrangement of electrons on each copper atom. Their bonding causes the spin distribution of the electrons to be changed quite dramatically from what would be found on a single isolated copper atom. ------------------------------------------------------ -Mark No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.13/2432 - Release Date: 10/13/09 06:35:00
