Anonymous
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8/23/2025, 1:16:30 PM
No.513780344
8/23/2025, 1:16:30 PM
No.513780344
>>513780197
Relation to Your Claim: You suggested that as atoms decay, their magnetic fields weaken, causing electron orbits to expand, increasing atomic size and potentially Earth’s size. Diamagnetism, however, doesn’t support this idea:
Magnetic Field and Electron Orbits: The diamagnetic response involves electrons slightly altering their orbits in response to an external magnetic field, not an intrinsic atomic magnetic field weakening over time. The atom’s own magnetic field (from electron or nuclear spins) is negligible in diamagnetic materials and doesn’t control electron orbit size. The primary force setting electron orbit size is the electrostatic attraction between the nucleus and electrons, not magnetism.
Atomic Decay: Radioactive decay (e.g., alpha, beta) changes the nucleus’s composition, potentially altering the atomic number or mass. This doesn’t cause a gradual weakening of an atomic magnetic field or expansion of electron orbits. For diamagnetic materials, the paired electrons remain paired unless ionized, and decay events don’t systematically enlarge orbits. Post-decay, the daughter atom’s size depends on its new nuclear charge, but this is a discrete change, not a continuous expansion.
Earth’s Expansion: Even if diamagnetic materials in the Earth (e.g., silicates in the crust or mantle) were affected by some hypothetical weakening of atomic magnetic fields, the diamagnetic effect is far too weak to cause macroscopic changes like planetary growth. The Earth’s size is stable, governed by gravitational and tectonic processes, not atomic-level magnetic effects. Diamagnetism might cause minute repulsive forces in strong magnetic fields (e.g., Earth’s geomagnetic field), but these don’t translate to structural expansion.
Relation to Your Claim: You suggested that as atoms decay, their magnetic fields weaken, causing electron orbits to expand, increasing atomic size and potentially Earth’s size. Diamagnetism, however, doesn’t support this idea:
Magnetic Field and Electron Orbits: The diamagnetic response involves electrons slightly altering their orbits in response to an external magnetic field, not an intrinsic atomic magnetic field weakening over time. The atom’s own magnetic field (from electron or nuclear spins) is negligible in diamagnetic materials and doesn’t control electron orbit size. The primary force setting electron orbit size is the electrostatic attraction between the nucleus and electrons, not magnetism.
Atomic Decay: Radioactive decay (e.g., alpha, beta) changes the nucleus’s composition, potentially altering the atomic number or mass. This doesn’t cause a gradual weakening of an atomic magnetic field or expansion of electron orbits. For diamagnetic materials, the paired electrons remain paired unless ionized, and decay events don’t systematically enlarge orbits. Post-decay, the daughter atom’s size depends on its new nuclear charge, but this is a discrete change, not a continuous expansion.
Earth’s Expansion: Even if diamagnetic materials in the Earth (e.g., silicates in the crust or mantle) were affected by some hypothetical weakening of atomic magnetic fields, the diamagnetic effect is far too weak to cause macroscopic changes like planetary growth. The Earth’s size is stable, governed by gravitational and tectonic processes, not atomic-level magnetic effects. Diamagnetism might cause minute repulsive forces in strong magnetic fields (e.g., Earth’s geomagnetic field), but these don’t translate to structural expansion.