Mekhanobr Engineering JSC (St. Petersburg, Russia):

Zuev V. V., Leading Researcher, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, science@mekhanobr.spb.ru

The regularity of constancy in the size of the binding electron’s unit EK(1е^–) = 0.34 MJ/mole and total binding electrons energy fraction of 10 % in atom kernels and binding electrons interaction energy in minerals has been established. Undivided atom kernels electrons are characterized by different energy parameters (corresponding ionization potentials). Divided atom kernels electrons that perform exchange interaction between atom kernels are «alienated» from them and are independent energy elements of mineral structure. They do not depend on atom kernels’ energy, since exchange interaction does not provide for binding electrons fixation at atom kernels. Absence of binding electrons fixation is not inconsistent with their distribution in inter-atom-kernels space in proportion to atom kernels power parameters. This is the basis of atom effective charge estimation method, described in the paper. In the sense of independence from atom kernels’ energy, binding electrons may be considered as quasi-free, each of them possessing a constant energy value. This value, earlier unknown, and for the first time established by us, is the fundamental constant in inter-atom interaction in minerals and other solid-phase compounds. Fundamentally new in atom kernels and binding electrons crystal chemistry is substitution of energy coefficients of different anions with a unified system of binding electrons’ energy coefficients. With that, atom kernels and binding electrons crystal chemistry retains rational and positive essence of two other crystal chemistry approaches – ionic lattice concept and atomization energy concept.

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