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5. Here's one paper that seems relevant, but it's pretty dense.

Reply to erronis (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:27 PM

Jun 30

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qua.27182

My lay understanding from a limited amount of googling is that relativistic effects are generally not particularly material until the proton count gets to around 60. Around that point, the innermost electrons have to move sufficiently fast to maintain their "orbit" that they gain enough mass as a relativistic effect to affect some properties of atoms and their molecular bonds.

Apparently the color of gold and the voltage of lead acid batteries cannot be fully explained with taking this additional mass into account.

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An example of Special relativity [View all] BootinUp Jun 30 OP

Interesting, but not enough basic references to make it worthwhile following. erronis Jun 30 #1

I might look around and post back. nt BootinUp Jun 30 #3

Found something BootinUp Jun 30 #4

Here's one paper that seems relevant, but it's pretty dense. unblock Jun 30 #5

Thanks. Worth a peruse! erronis Jul 1 #7

Cool! Permanut Jun 30 #2

A lot of this is done through computer models these days unblock Jun 30 #6

Thanks for that quick synopsis. I like "So they scratch their heads..." erronis Jul 1 #8