Ionization Sharing

[Conceptual]

I would like to introduce the a new theory called ionization sharing. When one thinks of ionization, energy is inputted into an atom to ionize an electron. The lower the orbtials, the higher the ionization energies to kick out the electrons.

 

Within dense chemical plasma, such as would be expected within the earth, ionization energies should drop. The reason this is is because within fluid chemical plasmas the orbitals are overlapping. This means that if an electron is ionized it does not go into isolation, like a vapor plasma, but is absorbed into another orbital. I call this ionization sharing.

 

If an atom is ionized the original electron is no longer in the orbital. In the case of ionization sharing the atoms may still have electron density in their orbitals but the electrons are playing musical chairs between the atomic orbtials. Technically the atom is both ionized and full of electrons at the same time for a net lower of ionization energy. High pressure allows ionization sharing with less temperature.

 

The ionization sharing of the six outer electrons of oxygen readily accounts for the very distinct mantle layers and the mantle and core transition regions within the earth. The upper mantle has one electron ionization sharing, leaving oxygen with the very stable 3-electron arrangement within its outer 2p orbitals (one electron in each 2p orbital). This stability is broken in the distinct transition region between the upper and the lower mantle. By the end of the lower mantle all the 2p electrons of oxygen are now being ionization shared. This leaves the oxygen with monopoply control of only its two very stable 2s and two extremely stable 1s electrons. The ionization sharing within the D” layer between the lower mantle and fluid core region breaks the stability of the 2s electrons of oxygen and these become ionization shared. This leaves the oxygen monopoly control of only its two extremely stable 1s electrons.