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What is the significance of negative energy of electron in an orbit?
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∙ 14y ago
Potential energy levels are often given as negative numbers. In the case of an electron, it's potential energy due to its location relative to the positively charged nucleus; the further away from the nucleus, the higher the energy level of the electron. So for convenience, physicists like to define potential energy levels at infinite distance (or separation) as "zero", and all others become negative. Since these forces (gravity, electromagnetic force) fall off with the square of distance, potential energies at finite (nonzero) distances aren't "negative infinity".
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoIf you refer to the potential energy of an object in orbit: Potential energy is not absolute - you can define a difference of potential energy, if you raise or lower an object. For convenience, sometimes the Earth's surface is used; in Astronomy, it is more convenient to define zero potential energy at an infinite distance from Earth (or another object). Thus, anything closer to infinity will (by definition) have a negative potential energy.
If you refer to the potential energy of an object in orbit: Potential energy is not absolute - you can define a difference of potential energy, if you raise or lower an object. For convenience, sometimes the Earth's surface is used; in Astronomy, it is more convenient to define zero potential energy at an infinite distance from Earth (or another object). Thus, anything closer to infinity will (by definition) have a negative potential energy.
If you refer to the potential energy of an object in orbit: Potential energy is not absolute - you can define a difference of potential energy, if you raise or lower an object. For convenience, sometimes the Earth's surface is used; in Astronomy, it is more convenient to define zero potential energy at an infinite distance from Earth (or another object). Thus, anything closer to infinity will (by definition) have a negative potential energy.
If you refer to the potential energy of an object in orbit: Potential energy is not absolute - you can define a difference of potential energy, if you raise or lower an object. For convenience, sometimes the Earth's surface is used; in Astronomy, it is more convenient to define zero potential energy at an infinite distance from Earth (or another object). Thus, anything closer to infinity will (by definition) have a negative potential energy.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoIf you refer to the potential energy of an object in orbit: Potential energy is not absolute - you can define a difference of potential energy, if you raise or lower an object. For convenience, sometimes the Earth's surface is used; in Astronomy, it is more convenient to define zero potential energy at an infinite distance from Earth (or another object). Thus, anything closer to infinity will (by definition) have a negative potential energy.
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∙ 14y agoThat simply means that the reference level - an arbitrary point at which the potential energy is assigned the value zero - is chosen when the electron is at an infinite distance from the atom.
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What would happen if there were extra electrons in an atom?
when electron jump from lower energy level to high energy level
What happens to excess energy when the electron jumps from a higher energy orbit to a lower energy orbit in the hydrogen atom?
The electron emits a photon of light which we can see in a spectrograph as color. Four colors are normally seen in a hydrogen atom subjected to energy.
When an electron in an atom of hydrogen moves from the second to the first principal energy level the result is the emission of?
one photonAn electron moves from a higher orbit to a lower orbit
When an electron moves from a higher energy level to a lower energy level the atom commonly?
The electron moving from a lower to a higher energy level equates to moving from a specific orbit 'r' to a specific orbit 'rr' that is farther from the nucleus.
Light is emitted as an electron transitions from a higher energy orbital to a lower energy orbital How long does it take for the actual transition to take place?
It takes no time as electrons can not exist in an inbetween state of charge
How does the electron's energy change as the orbit of the electron increases?
The farther an electron is from the nucleus of an atom, the more energy it has.
Particle with a negative charge that travels in orbit?
the electron
What would happen if there were extra electrons in an atom?
when electron jump from lower energy level to high energy level
Why are electron in the electron cloud?
electron cloud refers to orbit present in the atom and electron can can be revolved by the orbit only as it is an imaginary path made of energy
What a transition from an outer orbit to an inner orbit the electron .?
When an electron moves from an outer to an inner orbit, energy is released in the form of light of a particular wavelength.
Is electron emits energy when it revolves in quantized orbit?
No. A quantized orbit means the energy is locked in as a constant. It would have to switch to a different orbit to emit energy.
What is the negative paticle in orbit around an atomic nucleus?
that would be an electron
What does the orbit of an electron actually represent?
It represents an Energy State
What must be expended for an electron to move to a higher orbit?
energy
In the Bohr model of the atom an electron in an orbit has a fixed .?
energy
What is the energy of electron in first orbit?
-1312 KJ/mol
What is the work done by the field of a nucleus in a complete circular orbit of the electron. what if the orbit is elliptical?
Work done is always zero, whatever be the shape of the orbit because electron will be in the same energy state after it completes an orbit
