Tom Wilson wrote, on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:06:01 +0000:
Thanks for your advice so far on the nutty science project:
We have the nucleus of Silicon (14 protons, 14 neutrons, 14 electrons):
Somehow, we're going to suspend the nucleus amongst three circular loops of metal (of the type you suggested):
Not sure how we're going to do that, but, that's the next step.
The next task will be spacing out the three orbitals, in 3D, somehow: