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What is the energy called that attracts the electrons to the nucleus of an atom?
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binding energy The attraction force of the positively charged protons in the nucleus binds (holds secure) the negatively charged electrons near the nucleus.
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What are three main components of an an atom?
Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons. Protons and Neutrons are found in the nucleus of an atom, and collectively called 'nucleons'. Electrons are found outside the nucleus, in energy shells.
What is the Outermost energy shell called?
Electrons in the outermost shell are called valence electrons.
How are electrons arranged in the atom?
Electrons are arranged around the atomic nucleus forming the electron clouds.
Is the outermost electron shell the highest or the lowest energy level shell?
No, the farthest electrons are at the highest energy level.No, the farthest electrons are at the highest energy level.No, the farthest electrons are at the highest energy level.No, the farthest electrons are at the highest energy level.
Are the broad bands or regions located around the nucleus where the electrons are found called energy rings?
yes
What is the degree in which an atom in a molecule attracts electrons in a chemical bond called?
Electronegativity- attraction of the nucleus of one atom, to the electrons of another. First Ionization Energy(not within a bond)- The amount of energy required to strip one electron from another atom.
What is the number of protons in the nucleus or the number the electrons in the energy levels called?
valence electrons
When do electrons have their greatest energy?
In general, electrons further from the nucleus will have more energy than electrons closer to the nucleus.
What is it called when electrons in the inner energy levels block the attraction between the nucleus and the valence electrons?
nuclear shielding
Do electrons orbit around the nucleus because there is an electrical charge between electrons and protons?
This is essentially correct. The electrons and protons have equal but opposite charges, and the fundamental law of electrostatics is that opposite charges attract and like charges repel. The positive charge on the nucleus attracts and "holds" the electrons in orbit about the nucleus. It is electromagnetics that holds the electrons in orbit about that nucleus. Answer2: The attraction of the positive nucleus attracts the electrons to the nucleus by a centripetal force vp/r where v= Z alpha c. The electrons exeert a centrifugal force cDEL.P = -cp/r cos(P). When the orbit is stable the centripetal force equals the centrifugal force vp/r = cp/r cos(P) and the electrons do not fall into the nucleus. The balance gives v/c = cos(P), the redshift. This is the result of the Quaternion Energy W = -vh/r + cP, the atom has a scalar energy -vh/r and a vector energy cmV=cP, the Momentum vector energy. The mystery of what holds the electron from falling into the nucleus is the Divergence of the vector energy. Physics has come to grips with the fact that energy is a Quaternion quantity with a vector energy and the Divergence of the vector energy creates the centrifugal force, the cosmological constant force and the Dark Energy.
What are three main components of an an atom?
Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons. Protons and Neutrons are found in the nucleus of an atom, and collectively called 'nucleons'. Electrons are found outside the nucleus, in energy shells.
What is the Outermost energy shell called?
Electrons in the outermost shell are called valence electrons.
How do electrons stay orbiting without hitting the nucleus?
It's convenient with the atomic model to think of electrons having a certain amount of energy. The amount of energy is quantized, and each orbital has a specific amount of energy associated with it. To go to a lower energy level or orbital an electron would have to give up energy; to get to a higher energy level they would have to absorb a certain amount of energy. Since the nucleus with its positive charge attracts negatively charged electrons it takes work (added energy) to move them away from it. A simplistic view of why they don't collide with the nucleus is that they have too much energy to just spontaneously fall into the nucleus, and that the orbital they occupy is stable in terms of its spatial extents, which do not coincide with the location of the nucleus.
What is the location of electrons protons and neutrons?
Electrons -- in energy levels outside the nucleus. Protons in the nucleus. Neutrons in the nucleus.
What subatomic particles surround the nucleus?
Electrons occupy special regions called energy levels, or shells, which surround the nucleus.
How are electrons arranged in the atom?
Electrons are arranged around the atomic nucleus forming the electron clouds.
Is it true that orbitals can hold up to two electrons?
The electrical charge that attracts or repels the electrons to the nucleus is what holds the electrons in position.When energy is added to a group of atoms, they excite and the electrons move further out from the center or nucleus of the atom structure this range of movement cannot be exactly tracked so scientist call it shells for noting the "area" the electron may be at a point in time.
