How does an electron change when it's given more energy? Does its average distance from the nucleus increase up to the energy where the atom becomes ionised or what?

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Anonymous Tue Dec 6 15:05:28 2011 No.4108586 [Reply] [Original]

How does an electron change when it's given more energy? Does its average distance from the nucleus increase up to the energy where the atom becomes ionised or what?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 6 15:10:00 2011 No.4108601 If it receives energy equal to it's ionization energy, then yes. Otherwise it may just jump across election shells

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 6 15:10:08 2011 No.4108602 In stationary states, such as orbiting a nucleus, energy stored by an electron will only increase if it is given particular quantities. In non-stationary states, the electron just starts moving faster

>>	Professor Teacup !obkpuSWh5M Tue Dec 6 15:11:15 2011 No.4108606 >>4108586 It starts jumping around like a little hyperactive faggot.

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