If a man (negative) and a woman (positive) are usually attracted, but sometimes 2 men or 2 women are mutually attracted instead.. could the same thing happen with electrons/protons? Could the rare electron, for example, be attracted to one of "it's kind"?
2007-07-08 09:06:50 · 13 answers · asked by stacy_8888 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No, they can't.
If you check in to the Pauli Exclusion Hotel, you'll see the beds are so constructed that they only allow one M and one F.
Other configurations are forbidden.
2007-07-08 10:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electrons can't be gay, but protons can be. Protons will repel each other because they have the same sign charge. However, if they get close enough, the "gay" strong nuclear force takes over and the protons will attract each other (strongly enough to keep the nucleus of an atom together).
2007-07-08 09:19:23 · answer #2 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Think of the electrical force as particles flowing through a very narrow tunnel. Particles of the same charge (or "gender") approaching each other directly do not have enough room to pass by and so are repelled.
Particles of opposite charge approach at a right angle, if they are of the same type (e.g., electron/positron), they will then join up transforming into a photon.
2007-07-08 09:21:19 · answer #3 · answered by neutrinonest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
H+ is commonly named proton in biochem. since once the H atom has its electron, only a proton is left. p+ is used in general chem to represent the proton found in nucleus of atom. H- is called a hydride ion, and can not be called an electron. Electrons are moved through the cell using electron transport molecules like NAD+ and FAD, as well as the compounds (cytochromes, etc) found in membrane (electron transport chain). This means that electrons are transported as e-, not attached to H.
2016-05-17 03:59:37 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. electrons won't be attracted to each other. Protons preside in the same nucleus, so they are held together my a strong nuclear force and in a sense are naturally attracted to each other.
2007-07-08 09:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by Rob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sexual habits have nothing to do with positive and negative charges. If something is positively charged, by definition, it is not an electron. It could be a positron (the electron's anti-particle), but it would still repel other positive charges.
2007-07-08 09:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually there are rare birds known as positrons and anti neutrons which behave as you describe.
(Anti-matter for all you star trek fans.)
Mother nature however, you would need to describe as a rabid homophobe, as any interaction between them results in total annihilation with reduction to raw energy.
2007-07-08 11:10:43 · answer #7 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electrons are GRAVITATIONALLY attracted to each other. But thier charge repels them more.
2007-07-08 10:53:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha f*ck sake. Only a woman would think of something like that. I have never thought of particles as gay, or straight. A star for you
2007-07-08 09:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no...being gay isnt against the laws of physics.
2007-07-08 09:11:00 · answer #10 · answered by Link 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋