2006-11-09 08:38:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Within in atom? or do you mean in an environment like an electrical wire with a current running through it?
Electrons move by changing location with respect to time... dx/dt
When you move an atom (like by picking up your arm) lots and lots of electrons move.
When you set up a magnetic field electrons move in order to relieve the stress placed on what was previously their equilibrium state.
In a wire electrons move very very very slowly at something called the drift speed.
2006-11-09 08:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kirk H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Randomly dependent on the media too because the movement usually has to do with the oposite charge
2006-11-09 17:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by raqandre 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They move just like waves when given energy.
2006-11-09 16:47:51 · answer #3 · answered by King of Hearts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they orbit around the nucleus similar to our solar system.
2006-11-09 18:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very rapidly...where-ever they want.
2006-11-09 17:09:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋