I am not up to speed on Magnetic Moments and have only started to look at angular momentum.
So I was not expecting to come up with a new explanation but I have. I admit it is not reached with an in depth knowledge of
Static Electricity but I believe that it fits in with modern research.
From what I can tell Magnetic Moments and Angular Momentum are probably closely associated; and magnetism is still undefined.
Now this was conjecture on my part but now due to researching magnetic moments I see that this is the generally accepted view.
I expect the Angular Momentum to depend upon the atom's mass to energy ratio. More energy = faster spin? In fact I can now say that my new conceptualisation of magnetic momentum seems to confirm this.
I say an atom or a molecule has its distinct mass to energy ratio.
I know traditionally the molecule has a neutral charge but I am going to put forward a case for the molecule assuming a charge.
I believe that not only do molecules have a charge (small and difficult to detect) but that it can vary. I expect the molecule to achieve a netral charge by distributing chrage throughot it's electrons but this balance can be upset.
Suppose the molecule does. What could be the outcome?
Well, the spin of the atoms could slow down. This would be spread over many atoms in the silk.
Alternatively the molecule could tend to expand but the pull of the atoms may increase restoring equilibrium.
Perhaps this separation of the atoms may help to explain why hairs tend to stand on end under a static charge?
I anticipate that a weakening or strengthening of the molecular charge field leads to a counterbalancing effect with the enclosed atoms.
I expect that th atoms within the silk can transmit or share their charge to establish a balance with the molecule's charge.
Basically the molecule sheds the atom's collective charge (perhaps even returning the molecule to a neutral charge state?).
I came across a paper describing the effect on magnetism of particles that coagulate or flocculate entitled "Depositional remnant magnetization: Toward an improved theoretical and experimental foundation" by Lisa Tauxe, Jason L. Steindorf, and Andrew Harris. This tends to support my view in broad terms.
I also expect there to be a limit to the amount of charge that can be syphoned away from the molecule like this and possibly
this explains why the Van de Graaff generator reaches a peak performance.
While I am still learning about the relationship between Magnetic Moments and Angular Momentum it appears to me this alternative explanation is unlikely to upset present research findings.
I have included a new page 21 at:
http://complexqm.synthasite.com
that includes diagrams without you having to go through the files menu here.
Yours sincerely,
Alex
