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"Interesting" isn't the right word. How about "preposterous"?
The chemistry of tritium (3H) is very nearly the chemistry
of hydrogen. The chemistry of 3He is rather different.
> I am trying to deal with electrons here, and the exclusion principle
> as applied to electrons can be ignored if you just count protons.
It would be more accurate to say you can ignore the
exclusion principle if (and only if) you ignore all
the observed facts in chemistry, materials science,
and electronics, plus many additional facts in physics,
astronomy, and a few other areas.
In the absence of exclusion, helium would be about as
reactive as hydrogen.
Also remember that the homework was to find five independent
observable phenomena that provide objective evidence of
exclusion. Hint: I was able to come up with 5 phenomena
in two minutes and >10 phenomena in ten minutes. Actually
12 but a couple of pairs are arguably partially related.
If I can come up with 10 or 12 you ought to be able to
come up with 4 or 5.