In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:04:34 +0000 (UTC): Hi Jones, [snip] > Is the correct Rydberg value 27.2 instead of 22.7 ? >...or was that a typo ?
Not a typo, just a "senior moment" on my part. (Same numbers, wrong order.) It should of course be 27.2 and Erbium is not a match. > > > >Robin wrote: > >>The elements is rare, costly and does not appear in the list of MillsÂ’ >>catalysts (but almost any element can be contorted to be catalytic,, as Mills >>has repeatedly shown). > >The 3rd ionization energy of Er is 22.739 eV. Close enough to 22.7 that >thermal kinetic energy can make up the >difference. >
