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In reply to the discussion: An example of Special relativity [View all]

BootinUp

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Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:09 PM
Jun 30

The best-known relativistic effects are the atypical color of gold 79 Au (Scerri 2020, 366) and the liquid state of mercury 80 Hg (Jansen 2005;McKelvey 1983;Norrby 1991;Pyykkö 1988;Schwerdtfeger 2002;Thayer 2005). The relativistic explanation for such anomalies is that as the nuclear charge increases, the velocity of the inner shell electrons increases and approaches the speed of light (Bardají and Laguna 1999, 202;McKelvey 1983, 115;Kratz and Lieser 2013, 12). ...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252466396_Relativistic_Effects_and_the_Chemistry_of_the_Heaviest_Main-Group_Elements

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