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New Element to the Periodic Table
« on: January 22, 2005, 04:37:16 PM »
The Positronium atom is made up of no neutons and no protons. It consists of 1 electron and 1 positron(antielectron) orbiting around a common center of gravity. The Chemistry of Positronium is analogous to that of H. radical. It undergoes addition reactions with alkenes/alkynes, it can reduce Iron(III) to Iron(II), it can undergoe substitution with Cl2 to make PsCl and Cl..

Positronium would be above Hydrogen in the periodic table.
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Re:New Element to the Periodic Table
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2005, 04:53:01 PM »
WTF.. a protonless atom? this is pretty mind blowing!!! Its proton number should be zero given it's source of positive charge is the positron and not the usual proton. If this substance is considered as an element, then the current defintion of element and the periodic table would not be sufficient to contain it. We can see a whole series of similar "atoms" with n positrons and n electrons. I vote "NO" to add this new "element" to the periodic table.
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Re:New Element to the Periodic Table
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2005, 01:50:06 PM »
Hmmm....

No sir, I don't like it.

How do you even isolate this thing?  I thought positrons were really unstable.
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