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Scott, et. all. I was wrong. (That is something you don't see that often on this list.) I am sorry for posting blatently false information, and am quite pissed off at myself that I screwd up such basic knowledge. I think I'll just go back to lurking now... andrew andrew@ce*.co*.jp* On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, J. Scott Landon (409) 886-9587 wrote: > andrew, > > you rocket scientists out there never cease to amaze me. an > alpha particle is the nucleus of a helium atom. that means two > proton and two neutrons. i can't believe you call yourself a > techdiver when you are obviously FAS. do you live in central > florida? ted was closer to teh truth and he started by saying "i > believe" rather than "that is not correct" (literally translated > to "i am way smarter than you. let me show you what a stroke i am > by putting out more false information.") get it right or don;t > bother. i won;t even bother tearing into the rest of your post. > > scott > > On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Ted wrote: > > > i only have an undergrad chem degree, but i believe thet helium > is > > produced by the atomic decay of uranium > > 1 atom of helium = 1 alpha particle (same thing) > > >then andrew said: > > >This is not correct. > > >An alpha particle is a proton. A proton is ionized hydrogen. > >Helium has > >two protons and two electrons, and is usually found as a > >diatomic > >molecule, ie two helium atoms stuck together. > > >Helium is still a by product of atomic decay, as is hydrogen. > > >The origional source of helium is atomic fusion (combining > >hydrogen > >atoms). > > >-Andrew > >andrew@ce*.co*.jp* > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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