Abstract
At the moment, there are several hypotheses in geophysics that explain especially dangerous processes of the earth's crust movements - sudden outbursts of rocks and gas from a rock mass from the point of view of classical physics. Despite the fact that various macroscopic systems can be accurately described using classical mechanics and electrodynamics, a real mechanism and a working model of this phenomenon cannot be built. Consequently, to develop a model of sudden outbursts of rocks and gas, it is necessary to apply new approaches and methods, different from the description of macroscopic systems. This article describes a quantum version of the process of the ejection of rocks from a rock mass. In particular, we described the mechanism of the Coulomb explosion that occurs in the rocks of the earth's crust with a sharp change in rock pressure and built a model of the sudden release of rocks and gases. In our opinion, the quantum processes described by us can be sources not only of sudden outbursts and rockslide but also sources of more formidable phenomena - earthquakes and volcanic explosions.
Highlights
It is known that depending on the type of atomic particles located in the nodes of the crystal lattices, and the nature of the bond between the particles, there are four types of lattices: ionic, atomic, molecular, and metallic
It is known that the crystal lattice can explode due to the destruction of bonds between atomic particles in accordance with the mechanism of the Coulomb explosion, which consists in the fact that between the atomic particles located in the nodes of the crystal lattice there are Coulomb repulsive forces, which are compensated by the electrons in the volume of the lattice
A common feature of Coulomb explosions is the release of a byproduct - a large amount of ultrafine dust, the so-called rabid flour, with particle sizes within a few nanometers, which can be formed during the ejection of rocks and gas only in a single case - as a result of the destruction of crystal lattices [5], because such a fine grinding of the rock cannot be achieved by any kind of blasting or without special equipment
Summary
It is known that depending on the type of atomic particles located in the nodes of the crystal lattices, and the nature of the bond between the particles, there are four types of lattices: ionic, atomic, molecular, and metallic.
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