Timeline for What is meant by an excited atom?
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| Jan 23, 2016 at 8:47 | comment | added | Sidarth | I dont get this part " but then your system becomes a gas." | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 10:10 | comment | added | Nicola Bernini | Well, technically speaking it depends on the frame of reference you are using. I have chosen as physical system the Hydrogen Atom so I have put the frame of reference centered on the atom itself hence to focus just on its internal state (and degrees of freedom) If you are putting the frame of reference outside of the atom, you can consider also its potential (due to an external field) and kinetic energy but then your system becomes a gas. | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 9:42 | comment | added | Sidarth | Thank you Nicola for your answer......just to clarify:So an excited atom is one whose energy has increased which is exhibited as a transference of some of its electrons to farther orbitals. If an atom is made to move faster, even though it has higher energy compared to the initial state, this is not called exciting an atom right? It has got to do only with the electrons.right? | |
| Jan 21, 2016 at 13:52 | history | answered | Nicola Bernini | CC BY-SA 3.0 |