Atomic Cookies - Neatorama

This picture shows what hydrogen atoms might look like if we could see them.

The chart above shows the appearance of a single hydrogen atom in a few of its lowest excited states. In each of those states, the electron is found in a different orbital, some of which have unfamiliar shapes. But even the term "shape" is a little funny for something that you can't hold in your hand. These are actually probability density plots, which show the likelihood of observing the electron in any one position at a given time-- and more correctly, 2D projections of 3D probability densities.

So even the humble hydrogen atom can be a bit complex. Fortunately, we have advanced technology that can help us cut though the quantum mechanical haze: Cookies!

What we can see (and taste) are cookies made to resemble the shapes of the hydrogen atoms in the chart. The folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories made these cookies and will show you how you can make them, too! Link

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Are these eigencookies fermionic? I hope so, otherwise they'd all enter the ground state of my stomach and I would still be hungry.

P.S. #3 really don't get the purpose behind this post; it is not a lecture in physics -- it is a BATCH OF COOKIES

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@ lewis82

All of these plots are for hydrogen alone; only the first one is the ground state. Larger atoms fill up more than one of those orbitals at a time.

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That's not exactly the shape of hydrogen atoms orbitals...

Only the first one can be found in an hydrogen atom, because it only has one electron. And you need two electrons per orbital.

Each line in the periodic table adds another set of orbitals, in the following order: 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 3d, 4s, 4p, 4d, 4f, etc...

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And where is the obligatory OM NOM NOM NOM?

OM NOM NOM NOM!

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AWESOME!!!!

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I believe it is a bench top mounted cast iron cam action clamp to hold a wooden spoke or piece of wood to be worked on using a spoke shave..

Seqret Cat XL

Craig Clayton

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I believe it also might be a cast iron cam clamp used by the barrel making industry a cooper who makes wooden barrel staves.

Seqret Cat Xl

Craig Clayton

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wall mounted hat holder - gravity clamp on the brim

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It's obviously a stone age corner crimper for holding stone tablets together. I mean, they hadn't invented staples yet, had they?
T-Shirt choice - Powered by Caffeine, large.
Thank you.

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Bench-mounted vise pulled from the 1978 JCPenney catalog because shoppers saw a resemblance to Idi Amin.

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It's an Iron

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I believe it is a wall mounted broom holder.

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Craig Clayton

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I believe it could be a wall mounted cast iron skillet handle holder.

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Craig Clayton

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I believe it could also be a wall mounted foot boot holder to keep the boots off of the floor to help drying.

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Craig Clayton

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It could also be a wall mounted wool blanket or tapestery holder.

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Craig Clayton

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This is an antique real doll support bracket used to hold the real doll by its pony tail when not in use. Antique real dolls were made of wood, iron and ivory (little known fact: their pony tails were made from real pony tails), they were much heavier than today's silicone and titanium real dolls, however the metaphorical weight of despair associated with the use of them has remained statistically even across the ages.

Neatorama Metal XL Men's Black

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It's a finger crimper - Wednesday's favorite toy. (Look out, Thing!)

The Name is Bond, Ionic Bond.
Ladies Fit, S Ash grey

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Trophy for the Iron Man competition

Addicted to Science, 2X, Black

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It's a brake from a Ferrous Wheel carnival ride.

Addicted to Science, 2X, Black

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An iron piercing clamp. Place the part of the body to be pierced into the slot and have the victim, er...customer- pull back to engage the teeth. This holds the extremity and mitigates mistakes by preventing flinching(or fleeing) until the procedure is completed.

Battle Damage, Ladies, XL

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Rug display clip/grip. It looks to be non-decorative so it was probably used in a store.

Super Doctor Who - Medium - Black

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Paperweight?

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Genii bottle opener.

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A failed attempt to create long-wearing sandals - - out of iron.

Daft Nuts Med

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Belt clip for cellular telegraph.

To hang one of these suckers on your hip...

Blinded me with Science Ash Grey XL

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an iron, for heating over a stove
the ocarina of time travel- mens medium

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This is a puzzle toy similar to the Chinese finger trap except this one is attached high on a wall and the object is to stick your tongue into the device and then figure out how to get it back out.

Donkey Who - Medium - Navy

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Thor's stapler

You've got a tweet, Chuck (L)

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This, my good sirs and dames, is obviously a PacMan of the Bronze Age!

Pixelate Triplets, XL, Royal Blue.

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"Hulk no like iddy-biddy paper-clip! Hulk like BIG paper-clip!"

Why So Grumpy S

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Bench clamp for holding leather.

Welcome to Woodbury, 2XL black

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Holds Floor mats/rugs
or Saddle

Occam's Razor XL

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A hook shaped hand of a Pirate-Robot, or was it a Robot-Pirate?

I follow you ladie's fit size s

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An 18th century colonial American gnocchi roller.

...although could be prehistoric iron age gnocchi roller. I always get them confused.

Made of music M ash gray

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I think it is a clamp for holding Craig Clayton's brass balls.

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Flintstone's letter opener.

Blinded me with science, grey ,medium

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Sillouette of Lisa Simpson going for a joy ride in the Flintstone's hovercraft.

Blinded me with science medium grey

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