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In article <1993Jan10.083354.588@coplex.com> chuck@coplex.com (Chuck Sites) writes:
>blue@nscl01.nscl.msu.edu writes:
>
>>I have a question relating to Chuck's assertion:
>
>>	"Still the release of electrons during the void collapse
>>	should concentrate at the center of the void."
>
>>Is this obviously the case?  What makes the electrons move toward the
>>center of the void?
>
>   Would the ionized electrons be focused to the center?  I think
>statistically they would be. For one, we already have imparted
>some momentum to the material-void interface, and it's directed
>to the center of the void.  That momentum is transferred by lattice 
>electrons already, so if the collapse does ionize the inside surface,
>it would seem to me, they would be forced into the direction of the
>center. 

     Think about it this way.  Why would electrons concentrate in 
     the center of a void if a) their velocities statistically 
     center about the velocity of the interface at the time
     of the ionization, and b) they electrostatically repel each other,
     and c) they are generally attracted to the ionized fluid?
     I can see an argument for leaving them behind, but even that
     falls on the fact that they are easily dragged around and
     tend to hang around places that are attractive.

                         dale bass
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