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  • rsc
    rsc over 6 years ago +4
    Here's a picture of an electron beam outwards from the negative grid of my Fusor. The vacuum was about 50 micron at the time. So, are the electrons blue, or just the residual nitrogen ions lighting up…
  • clem57
    clem57 over 6 years ago +3
    Electrons emit light (photons) when they change valence state. This is physics. So it depends on the element and the state change. Clem
  • fmilburn
    fmilburn over 6 years ago +3
    The electron’s color is in a state of superposition just like Shrödinger’s cat. It is all colors simultaneously until we interact with it in which case it usually turns out to be red with irritation at…
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    rsc over 6 years ago

    This question was part of a job interview from a Director of Engineering I had just after I graduated. He told me some of his best answers - I'll post them after you give me your best answers.

    Scott

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    renmccourtey over 6 years ago in reply to rsc

    And what about the promised best answers? ;-)

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    renmccourtey over 6 years ago in reply to rsc

    And what about the promised best answers? ;-)

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