The Liquid Metallic Hydrogen Model of the Sun. Intercalation, Surface Activity, and Solar Winds in the Sun

In order to conserve the integrity of its conduction bands, it is anticipated that the graphite-like metallic hydrogen lattice of the Sun should not permit incorporation of other elements into its in-plane hexagonal hydrogen framework (see Robitaille J.C. and Robitaille P.M. Progress in Physics, 2013, v. 2, 87-97). Based on the physics observed in the intercalation compounds of graphite, non-hydrogen atoms within liquid metallic hydrogen could reside between adjacent hexagonal proton planes. Consequently, the forces associated with solubility products and associated lattice exclusion envisioned in liquid metallic hydrogen for solutes would restrict gravitational settling. The hexagonal metallic hydrogen layered lattice could provide a powerful driving force for excluding heavier elements from the solar body. Herein lies a new exfoliative force to drive both surface activity (flares, coronal mass ejections, prominences) and solar winds. Solar activity is associated with the degassing of non-hydrogen elements from the metallic hydrogen lattice of the Sun.