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Why is the binding energy of an electron related to the size of its orbit?
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∙ 13y ago
Electrons are frequency pulsed as we measure them and we must measure them in huge multiples per E = nhf where n = 1/h so that the fact that frequency of pulsing and energy are the same numerically. That is E = f as as pure number because mass too is discrete---as multiples of h grams -that is, the electron must have mass that is precisely equal to h grams! Our entire body and all it's sensing apparatus depends on this concrete fact as does Evolution itself. Get use to it please, the electron, each and every one of them, is a helical string wave made of 1/h-squared Higgs particles. A photon is one turn of that helix so 1/h photons is one Electron. A unit of mass is 1/h electrons or h-cubed Higgs particles in helical string tandem. Forget "point particle" except as applied to the Higgs--as Leon Lederman's God Particle===read Roger Penrose, he comes closer than any other living Physicst but he also knows WE do not know yet in world wide accepted terms---WE are still totally ignorant of what an electrons really is ---get use to it, you all playing around in a Physics Sand Box out there!!
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∙ 9y agoThe principal quantum number is related to the size and energy of the orbital. As the principal quantum number increases, the orbital becomes larger and will have a higher energy level.
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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
Is ionization an exothermic or endothermic process?
Endothermic...... because it requires energy to take out an electron from the outer orbit of an atom.
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.
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 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
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.
Is it possible for electrons to orbit the nucleus with any possible energy?
No. Electrons will orbit around an atom only at specific energies (which change depending on the atom's atomic number and atomic mass). If you try to use a photon to change the energy of an electron and move it to another orbit path (or "energy level"), and the photon has the wrong energy in it, the electron won't change its orbit.
Why are the colors in world?
When electron falls from 7th orbit to 3rd orbit then it release energy which can be seen in the form of colour.
