View Single Post
  #107 (permalink)  
Old 06-May-2007, 07:06 PM
papageno's Avatar
papageno papageno is offline
Order of Kilopi
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Greater London
Posts: 3,379
Send a message via MSN to papageno
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by truedream View Post
No, helium atom has powerful nucleus magnetic moment which is directly opposite to earth’s magnetic moment (gravity).
So, you are not actually talking about the atoms, but about the nuclei.
Then why do you keep talking about atoms? Shouldn't you speak of "nuclei of type A" and "nuclei of type B"?

By the way, the nuclear magnetic moment is about three orders of magnitude smaller than the atomic magnetic moment due to the electrons. So I wouldn't call it "powerful".
__________________
papageno


"Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?" - Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes)

"It's all about context!" - Vince Noir (The Mighty Boosh)

"I've never heard of such a brutal and shocking injustice that I cared so little about!" - Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)

"...because the logic of the lines traced from reality is as poor of aesthetic value as it is strict in consistency. " - Paolo Bozzi (Naive Physics - free translation)