Chemistry
2006-10-10 15:25:41 · 3 answers · asked by Crack Wayne 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
That energy comes in discreet packets and you can't get energy by the half of a packet.
The packets are so small energy may seem to be a continuum, but so is a beach until you look closely and see that the continuum of the beach is made up of little grains, or quanta. On the beach, you can't pick up a half a grain of sand.
2006-10-10 15:30:31 · answer #1 · answered by Holden 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy in electroms is quantitized, which means that they can't give up "pieces" of their energy. They have to give it away in a specific "quantity" of a certain size.
It's like trying to give someone raw eggs. You can give them one egg, or 2 eggs, but you can't really give them 1 and a half eggs.
Quantitized energy only comes in specific sizes, with no options in between.
2006-10-10 22:29:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means energy is exchanged only in integral multiples of a particular minimum value.
2006-10-10 22:32:55 · answer #3 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋