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How could it be possible for electrons not to collapse into the nucleus?
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∙ 13y ago
To put it simply no an electron can never come out of the nucleus due to the nucleus only containing protons and neutrons.
However protons and neutrons are not fundamental in the sense that they cannot be split. Protons and Neutrons, and indeed all hadrons (of which protons and neutrons belong), consist of quarks.
Quarks come in two distinct groups, those with a positive charge of 2/3 the elemental change and those with negative 1/3 the elemental change. With six quarks in total each group has three members. A Proton consists of two up quarks and a down quark giving it a positive charge. The neutron consists of one up quark and two down quarks giving it a neutral charge. When an isotope is unstable due to having a ratio of neutrons to protons that is too high a process know as beta plus decay occurs.
When an isotope undergoes beta plus decay, one of the down of the quarks in a neutron emits a W- boson, with results in the down quark changing into an up quark. The change turns the neutron into a proton consequently lowering the neutron to proton ration and sometimes forming a stable isotope.
The W- boson meanwhile decays into an electron and an electron anti-neutrino.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey are fermions. The Pauli Exclusion Principle says no 2 identical fermions in identical states can be in the same place at the same time. They would have to violate this principle to collapse into the nucleus. This principle is also why electrons organize into orbitals of at most 2 electrons around atoms.
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∙ 12y agoIt is possible during β- decay, where a neutron transforms into a proton, emitting an electron and an electron antineutrino.
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∙ 13y agoYes it is possible if it excited enough by providing it with enough energy. Try reading hunds rule of maximum multiplicity.
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Problems with Rutherford model?
In Rutherford's model of the atom the electrons had a circular motion around the nucleus. By the laws of physics, if something is going in a circular motion then it must be accelerating and a particle that accelerates is losing energy. This means that the electrons that are revolving around the nucleus would eventually fall into the nucleus. Nucleus would eventually collapse. This does not happen therefore the Rutherford model was put aside.
What are the three properties you could use to distinguish a proton from an electron?
Protons are positively charged particles, electrons have negative charge.Protons are found inside the nucleus of an atom, electrons are found outside the nucleus of an atom. Protons have a mass of 1.00728 amu, electrons have a mass of 0.0005486 amu
Where are electrons located in a atoms?
Electrons are located in the electron cloud - no joke. Atoms are composed of the electron could and the nucleus.
Why do scientists think that the Quantum Vacuum Collapse would only take seconds to destroy the universe?
They don't. If such a vacuum collapse is even possible - which is not at all sure - the collapse could randomly start somewhere, and then expand either at the speed of light, or at a speed close to the speed of light.
Why electron stay outside the nucleus and not inside the nucleus explain mathematically?
Why electrons should be outside the nucleus and not inside the nucleus? Very interesting question. Protons are +1 charged particles. Electrons are -1 charged particles. If an electron was close to a proton, it would attach so strongly that it could not be detached by ordinary chemical means. As a result no chemical reactions would occur. Chemical reactions occur when electrons are transferred from one atom to another, or when positive and negative ions of different ionic substances trade places. For electrons to be transferred from one atom to another, they must be located outside the nucleus. If chemical reactions did not occur we would not exist. Our bodies are large chemical factories. When we digest food, when we breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, and when we cut ourselves and heal, chemical reaction are occurring in our bodies, electrons are being transferred from one atom to another. Think about this. If electrons were inside the nucleus you could not eat a candy bar. The bonds between the atoms in the candy bar would be so strong that you could not bite off a piece of it. If you swallowed it whole, it would come out whole. That would hurt. I am glad electrons are on the outside, aren't you!!!
Problems with Rutherford model?
In Rutherford's model of the atom the electrons had a circular motion around the nucleus. By the laws of physics, if something is going in a circular motion then it must be accelerating and a particle that accelerates is losing energy. This means that the electrons that are revolving around the nucleus would eventually fall into the nucleus. Nucleus would eventually collapse. This does not happen therefore the Rutherford model was put aside.
What did the Bohr model address the problem of?
why electrons didn't fall into the positive nucleus how so many positive charges could be crowded into such a small space in the nucleus how so much energy could be released from an atom
The outer electaons are attracted to the nucleus by a force stronger than the inner shell eclectrons?
No. The outer shell (valence) electrons are not attracted towards the nucleus as strongly as are the inner (core) electrons. This is why they could be traded in and out during chemical reactions, while the core electrons normally could not.
Why was J J Thomson's model incorrect?
The model was incorrect for many reasons. The primary reason is because there is no cloud of positive charge. There are protons instead with a nucleus And also neutrons cod 6 is the best and godlike
What total charge is on a nucleus that contains 3 electrons?
A nucleus will not contain any electrons. The nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons. Electrons inhabit a "cloud" around the nucleus. With 3 electrons, the charge of an ion of the atom could theoretically be as negative as -2 if you somehow managed to stick them to a hydrogen nucleus or -1 if you could somehow stick them to a helium nucleus. Neither would be very stable though and unlikely to be observed. The most likely charges would be 0 (neutral) on a lithium atom or +4 on an ion of Nitrogen (one of the oxidation numbers for Nitrogen is +4 which would correspond to only 3 electrons being associated with the nucleus). Other possibilities are just not stable.
What element has 19 protons 35 electrons 2 neutrons and 201 particles in the nucleus?
No element could possibly fit this description. There are WAY too many electrons and no where near 201 particles in the nucleus.
What are the three properties you could use to distinguish a proton from an electron?
Protons are positively charged particles, electrons have negative charge.Protons are found inside the nucleus of an atom, electrons are found outside the nucleus of an atom. Protons have a mass of 1.00728 amu, electrons have a mass of 0.0005486 amu
What did bohr discover that electrons did inside the atom?
In atomic physics, the Bohr model, devised by Niels Bohr, depicts the atom as a small, positively charged nucleus surrounded by electrons that travel in circular orbits around the nucleus-similar in structure to the solar system, but with electrostatic forces providing attraction, rather than gravity.
Where are electrons located in a atoms?
Electrons are located in the electron cloud - no joke. Atoms are composed of the electron could and the nucleus.
What is the Smallest possible particle part of an atom?
I'd venture to say the electrons themselves. They're so small they don't even exist in a concrete place, they are just in a cloud of places they could be. The nucleus is amazingly small compared to the size of the whole atom, but it still has weight, mostly unlike the electron.
How bohr atomic theory differ for ratherfood atomic theory?
Rutherford said there was a heav, positively charged nucleus with lots of empty space around it in which there were electrons. Bohr went farther and said the electrons were in exact orbits around the nucleus. The electrons could not be just anywhere in that empty space, but only in those exact orbits (orbitals).
Where did niels bohr think electrons could be found within an atom?
ya, i think it is in definite paths around the nucleus.
