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Subject: About Total Energy of electrons?

Date: Fri Jan 29 11:09:14 2016
Posted by Haseeb ahmad
Grade level: undergrad School: Govt.Islamia College Kasur
City: Kasur State/Province: Punjab Country: Pakistan
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1454090954.Ph
Message:

It is quite clear that potential energy of a bound electron to an atom 
increases as we go from inner to outermost shell and also K.E. gets slow, 
for electron further away from nucleus feels litter force of attraction and 
hence less energy of motion! Right? But If one energy is going up and second 
is getting low, then why not total energy (P.E+ K.E) remains constant? This 
is quite strange to ask because we say energy to remove inner shell electron 
is always higher than outermost electron! And If same energy levels existed 
then same no levels will be there! So, what is concept of K.E in atomic 
shells? And How it increases and decreases? Where does this K.E. comes from? 
What is source of energy in atoms?


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