A Speculative Model of the Atom

I am interested in what information allows you to exclude all the things you exclude at the beginning of this post. Are the methods of imaging individual atoms in dynamic situations really good enough to allow them to be observed under pertinent conditions? Assuming that you are positive about behavior like ductility emerging from the lattice relations and the characteristics of the atoms that determine their particular latticing tendencies, could you please explain in a concrete example how this works? I.e. pick a particular metal and explain its ductility in terms of its latticing tendencies and how these tendencies are determined at the atomic level.

The walls are melting, makes it difficult to answer your question.

In response, AFM, SEM.

Dynamic situations are irrelevant, in the model you are suggesting we would see different atomic radii and shapes all the time in all solids. We dont.

I'll come back tomorrow and perhaps I'll be able to explain ductility then. But until I return, research some inorganic chemistry.

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