Timeline for Can a single molecule have a state?
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| Jan 16, 2015 at 14:45 | comment | added | Phoenix87 | well I am considering a single molecule, far away from anything else, so that you can neglect any possible interaction with other matter | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | Kieran Hunt | Ah, my understanding (possibly mistakenly) of the question was that the atom/molecule was essentially in vacuo. The state of a particle derives from its interactions with neighbours, so I didn't think the question made sense in that context. | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 14:39 | comment | added | Phoenix87 | if I tell you that the single molecule is tightly bound to all the other molecules, would you be able to provide a counterexample to disprove this? | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 14:37 | comment | added | Kieran Hunt | If an item cannot physically possess a property, it surely cannot be a member of a set that requires that property. | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 14:33 | comment | added | Phoenix87 | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuous_truth this is what I was referring to | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 14:32 | comment | added | Kieran Hunt | How can a single molecule be held together by "intermolecular" forces? | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 14:27 | comment | added | Phoenix87 | what if, then, a single molecule is in all the states of matter, since there is no violation to any of the above definitions? | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 13:49 | history | answered | Kieran Hunt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |