Intermolecular space?

[fafalone]

What is the nature of the space between molecules, such as in air in in water? Is it a true vacuum, or is the presence of neutrinos not negligible in considering its properties.

[aman]

Since water in biology is usually full of ions, I would imagine it would be hard to find spaces for all the flowing electrons. The problem with air would be temperature and molecular movement.

I'd imagine a structure like a real cold diamond might be best for having stable voids between the molecules. Metals pass electrons between the molecules and warm molecules bump. I don't know if it has been calculated yet the amount of neutrinos per square amount of molecular space there are around us. Since diamonds are so dense there should be a great deal of neutrino collision debris inside a diamond.

It seems pretty difficult to sustain a void space or ideal vacuum between molecules for very long.

Just aman

[Radical Edward]

I don't know... I doubt anyone really does, especially when one considers the border between the quantum and classical world, and the nature of the fields. Neutrinos are effectively discountable since their interactions are only weak, and very rare. When considering something like super kamiokande, then neutrinos aren't insignificant of course, or it wouldn't be there.

[fafalone]

Neutrino detectors look for direct collisions; but neutrinos do interact with matter, albeit extremely weekly. But consider the number of times this happens, I believe the number is on the order of 10⁸/cm³/s

[Guest Commander Cyrax]

I'm probably missing something obvious here but surely the space between molecules would be randomly filled by the electrons of the two molecules in question?

[VendingMenace]

of course asking whether or not the nuetrinos count doesn' t really answer the question then, does it? Rather, it changes the question to "what exists in the space between neutrinos?" And really this question is "can there exist an area of space in which nothing exists?"

 

That is a great question. I will have to think about that alot before i can even begin to formulate an answer. Cool

[NavajoEverclear]

hmmm i don't think i have any addition of knowledge, or any questions. Well i always have too many questions, right now i'm going to be logical and not get carried away.

Anyway though i would be interested in the answer to that question

[YT2095]

an area of strong and weak nuclear forces providing both attraction and repulsion (and all stages in between) as a consequence of structure and the nature of the atoms involved.

consider it an area of electronic flux