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If the device touches another material, electrons transfer between their overlapping electron clouds to generate triboelectric electricity.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Shielded by the electron cloud, the nucleus is less susceptible to noises in the environment.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Normally, the electron cloud prevents the nuclear spin from interacting with anything, which makes for a very stable qubit.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Feb. 2023
The electron cloud will get pulled toward the pen (because they are oppositely charged), and the positive proton will get pushed away.
—Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
However, the effective location of the negative electron cloud is closer to the pen than the proton.
—Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
An atomic clock employs an electric oscillator regulated by an atom’s natural oscillation movement between the positive charge on the nucleus and the surrounding electron cloud.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 24 June 2020
Impurities can act like a shield in the path of electron clouds, forcing the electrons to scatter.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020
When two atoms get close together, each one’s electron cloud pushes the other’s around, and sometimes the two atoms start to behave as a unit: a molecule.
—Sophia Chen, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2018
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Shielded by the electron cloud, the nucleus is less susceptible to noises in the environment.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Normally, the electron cloud prevents the nuclear spin from interacting with anything, which makes for a very stable qubit.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Feb. 2023
The electron cloud will get pulled toward the pen (because they are oppositely charged), and the positive proton will get pushed away.
—Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
However, the effective location of the negative electron cloud is closer to the pen than the proton.
—Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
An atomic clock employs an electric oscillator regulated by an atom’s natural oscillation movement between the positive charge on the nucleus and the surrounding electron cloud.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 24 June 2020
Impurities can act like a shield in the path of electron clouds, forcing the electrons to scatter.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020
When two atoms get close together, each one’s electron cloud pushes the other’s around, and sometimes the two atoms start to behave as a unit: a molecule.
—Sophia Chen, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2018
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“Electron cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electron%20cloud. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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