involving electron configuration
2006-12-10 23:46:01 · 3 answers · asked by Aaron J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
it is infact possible for the nucleus of an tom to absorb one of the electrons in it's inner shell and turn one of the protons into a neutron, changing the element. The Truth about the atom is that it is a mysterious place where electrons surround the atoms in a cloud of probability with no prescise position (set by the boundaries of the uncertainty principle) We can describe electrons as being on energy levels or 'orbits' like on the steps of a potential energy ladder but to call such a thing a 'ladder' confuses things more. To describe the quantum world with everyday analogies is useless, it simply confuses things. it would be better (as Author John Gribbin once said) to apply jabberwocky (meaningless language) terms to such particles at least then we could stop thinking of atoms as tiny billiard balls being 'orbited' by tiny particles called electrons.
2006-12-14 15:47:14 · answer #1 · answered by william k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is more going on inside the structure of an atom then we know about, Why do not 2 or more + charged protons not repell each other? And how do Neutrons with no charge change anything?
2006-12-11 07:50:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the electron in quantum physics is a wave and do not obey to the rules of mechanics
2006-12-11 09:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by Simply me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋