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Well classically, atoms wouldn’t even be stable. Their electrons would radiate energy when orbiting and therefore spiral into the nucleus. So without quantum ph
by Synaesthesia 6y ago
Well classically, atoms wouldn’t even be stable. Their electrons would radiate energy when orbiting and therefore spiral into the nucleus. So without quantum physics you don’t have fundamental properties of atoms like energy levels which explains their chemical properties.
- shakow 6y ago> Their electrons would radiate energy when orbiting What phenomenon would make them lose energy?
- jbay808 6y agoUnder the assumption that the electron is a point charge moving in a circular path, it radiates electromagnetic energy as it moves, in the form of field ripples. This gif is for a 1d oscillation rather than an orbit, but it does a good job of conveying the idea. https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ExhaustedAlarmedDeinonychus-size_restricted.gif https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ExhaustedAlarmedDeinonychus-size_r... Interestingly enough, if the electron were a continuous ring (like Saturn's rings) rather than a point charge, it could orbit without losing energy, generating only a static magnetic field. I don't know why this model rarely comes up in explorations of classical physics models of the atom.