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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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