Re: IONS/metals EUREKA

[Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskiL@Mail.Montclair.edu>]

Bob Sciamanda wrote:

> No sale!
>
> If an electron tries to leave the surface of a NEUTRAL conductor, it will
> of course be attracted back by the now positively charged "mother" body -
> separated charges will naturally try to re-combine!.  That is pure
> Maxwellian.
>
> Your problem was the stability of an unbalanced charge deposited on the
> surface of a body.

What is wrong with unbalanced electrons on the "outer
surface" polarizing the neutral medium deeper inside?
That is what James Jeans was referring to, I think.

> > ".... The relation which, as we have seen, must be
> > supposed to occur at the surface of charged conductors
> > between 'matter' and 'electricity', can now be interpreted
> > simply as systems of forces between electrons and the
> > remainder of the matter. Up to a certain extent these
> > forces will restrain the electrons from leaving the
> > conductor, but if the electric forces acting on the
> > electrons exceed a certain limit, they will overcome
> > the forces acting between the electrons and the
> > remainder of the conductor, and an electric discharge
> > takes place from the surface of the conductor."