Monday, April 07, 2014

Proposal: I’ve got my ion you

Reaches quorum and passes 5-0. -RaichuKFM

Adminned at 07 Apr 2014 16:03:10 UTC

Add to the rule entitled “Atomic Structure”

An Atom has an Electronegativity equal to the following: (2 x Charge) - (Electrons Mod 8) + Floor(Electrons/8).

Add a new rule entitled “Ionization”

An Atom may move an Electron from themself to another Atom, or from another Atom to themself; this is called Ionization. Ionization may only occur if the Electronegativity of the Atom accepting the Electron is higher than the Electronegativity of the Atom donating the Electron would have been if the donating Atom had lost the Electron.

The formula just makes it so gaining a proton increases e-neg by 2, gaining an electron decreases it by 1, and having a closed shell of electrons (a multiple of 8) makes your electronegativity go down a lot. I played around with a few formulas in excel and this one gave me the best results. I wasn’t sure if putting a formula like that in a rule was ok, but I had a tough time making it into unambiguous words. I had a similar problem with the last sentence of Ionization. Does it make sense? Basically you take the electron off and compare electronegativities and put it on the Atom with the higher one.

posted by benzene at 07 Apr 2014 01:26:09 UTC Comments (8)

Comments

RaichuKFM: she/her

07-04-2014 02:10:50 UTC

for I think you’re missing a “what” in the last sentence right before “donating the Electron would” but otherwise it reads fine to me. And Floor(x) is just rounding down to the nearest integer, right?

benzene:

07-04-2014 02:26:21 UTC

I dont think I’m missing a “what”. Lemme see if I can make this easier to parse:

Ionization may only occur if
{
  {
      the Electronegativity of the Atom accepting the Electron
  }
  is higher than
  {
      the Electronegativity of the Atom donating the Electron would have been if the donating Atom had lost the Electron.
  }
}


And yes, that’s how floor works. That part makes atoms with more electron shells less electronegative.

RaichuKFM: she/her

07-04-2014 02:40:28 UTC

Just read to me better as “is higher than [what] the Electronegativity of the Atom would have been if…” Its really a non-issue, though.

benzene:

07-04-2014 03:01:10 UTC

Putting it there makes sense, but your other comment says to put it somewhere else. I thought you completely misunderstood it, but you didn’t, so yay.

Larrytheturtle:

07-04-2014 04:02:12 UTC

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RaichuKFM: she/her

07-04-2014 12:00:38 UTC

Ack, looking back at my comment I did omit the first part of what I was quoting. I honestly should start proofreading these better.

Kevan: he/him

07-04-2014 13:06:27 UTC

for

Rodney:

07-04-2014 16:41:47 UTC

for