Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ...
by gus_massa on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:07PM
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Too late to edit: Instead of "H2O+", it should be "H3O+". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydronium
In a CRT monitor, you have a ray of electrons that travel in vaccum and it is electricity outside wires. With a similar device, you can create a ray of protons and have also electricity with protons instead of electrons.
Another posibility is to use a water solution with acid. A part of the electricity is made of H+ that are just protons. (Actually, each proton is atached to a water molecule, so it's more like H2O+ than a plain H+.)
I'm triying to imagine a wire where protons can move. I don't think it's theoreticaly impossible, but they are mmuch heavier and bigger than electrons, so they it looks very difficult to find a material where they can move freely.