Electrons are the currency of exchange between atoms essentially, except when they make a transaction they’re “bound” (not by a contract even though I want to say that to continue the metaphor lol) to one another.
The giving or receiving of an electron can cause a large release of energy so when Na is on its own it has the capacity to make a transaction that will result in some release of energy, if the transaction is already completed (as in salt) then the capacity to react is reduced greatly as the available electrons are now being “used.”
I’m not an expert, just an idiot factory worker, but pretty much all reactions are the interaction of electrons between atoms.
Thank you for this. It really does help and the analogy was very cool.
I will add that you’re not just a stupid factory worker. You’re contributing to society and however you do that, you definitely have an impact on people’s lives; no matter how small.
Also, you’ve got at least some knowledge of chemistry and I’d hazard a guess that this isn’t the only topic.
Thanks for the kind words! I love to explain things I’m interested in so I’m glad it was helpful. I tend to be a bit hard on myself because my interests dont align with my capacities lol
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
Tell me more please.
Like what the little electron dudes doing here to make wonderful salt out of these gnarly chemicals.
Asafum@feddit.nl 2 years ago
Electrons are the currency of exchange between atoms essentially, except when they make a transaction they’re “bound” (not by a contract even though I want to say that to continue the metaphor lol) to one another.
The giving or receiving of an electron can cause a large release of energy so when Na is on its own it has the capacity to make a transaction that will result in some release of energy, if the transaction is already completed (as in salt) then the capacity to react is reduced greatly as the available electrons are now being “used.”
I’m not an expert, just an idiot factory worker, but pretty much all reactions are the interaction of electrons between atoms.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
Thank you for this. It really does help and the analogy was very cool.
I will add that you’re not just a stupid factory worker. You’re contributing to society and however you do that, you definitely have an impact on people’s lives; no matter how small.
Also, you’ve got at least some knowledge of chemistry and I’d hazard a guess that this isn’t the only topic.
Asafum@feddit.nl 2 years ago
Thanks for the kind words! I love to explain things I’m interested in so I’m glad it was helpful. I tend to be a bit hard on myself because my interests dont align with my capacities lol