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I have attempted my first copyedit of the Apostles of Linnaeus page having seen a special request for one on the GUild of Copyeditors page. I would really like some feedback from experienced copyeditors if possible so that I can learn for next time.
 * I am not a copyeditor, but I see Basic copyediting might help you out. You could also ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. Let me know if you have further questions. -- &#47; DeltaQuad &#124; Notify Me &#92; 19:55, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

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Welcome to Wikipedia, SciHound! I am MWOAP and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! -- &#47; DeltaQuad &#124; Notify Me &#92; 19:57, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
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A piece of advice
Hey! Thank you for taking on the copyediting of Apostles of Linnaeus. I saw that you are new so I was thinking to give you a piece of advice. When you edit and find possible errors etc in the text it is usually better not to note that on the article. Usually it is just better to write on the talk page - for example - "The sentence 'I was a ghost yesterday' needs to be fact checked." Leaving small messages like " " is not really bad but readers might see it and get confused etc. :)

Cheers, Esuzu  ( talk  •  contribs ) 20:21, 3 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for this. --SciHound (talk) 08:08, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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Mossbauer Effect - Is the energy of a one nano electron volt Fe57 particle correct?
Note to the Editor of the Mossbauer Page on Wikipedia

SciHound,

Thanks for your hard work. I was reading your Mossbauer article today. Is that 48.075 nano electron volts for a mm/second Fe57 atom right?

I took 1 nanoElectronVolt = 1x10^-9 electron volts and multiplied times Joules per electron volt (e = 1.60217662E-19 Joules/eV) and got 1.60217662E-28 Joules. I set that equal to (1/2) * MassFe57 * V^2 and solved for the velocity in meters per second = sqrt( (2 * 1E-9 eV * e))/MassFe57) to get 58.21762474 mm/s

Please double check my calculation. I would rather pass things by you, and have you change it, if that is all right with you. I am using CODATA values from NIST for the constants. But CRC for the Fe57 atomic mass. The MassFe57 I am using is 0.05635394 kg/mole or 9.543445E-26 kg.

I do not know if you are interested, but the reason I am looking as I am trying see where else this kind of off-resonant process might be happening. One's first guess might be that two atoms in a lattice would exchange energy without recoil. But because both have to recoil at very precise moments to do the narrow exchange, the net interaction for large numbers of particles is very weak.

This kind of exchange could happen for any set of moving particles with narrow resonances, if they are immersed in a chaotic background. The small random movements of one set of particles could put some of them in exactly the right kinetic state at their moment of emission, and later some other one, in the right kinetic state, to absorb. I was curious if something like that might be what is happening with gravitational interactions, why the probabilities are so terribly small, when the energy density of the gravitational field is so high. And the number of particles and exchange states is so high.

Since the width of the resonance, and the recoil energy, the lifetimes, are all quite clear, I think I can do that calculation. To see what combinations of states might work. If that is so, then acoustic or photoacoustic excitation of any bodies could provide them with the correct relative motions to greatly enhance the exchange. If the time of arrival is carefully orchestrated, then both attraction and repulsion could be selected at will. Just a rough guess.

Interesting, isn't it? Seems like a good candidate for a simulation with many particles and a few equations. The resonances might be very tight, and the simulation complex. But what is the fun if it is easy?

Did you notice that the Mossbauer scan is not a slow pause at each velocity, but a constant acceleration? It is actually a precise velocity and an acceleration. I wonder if that matters, or might be useful. Don't you think Mossbauer has been neglected long enough?

Sincere regards, Richard Collins, The Internet Foundation RC711 (talk) 19:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)