#CHARGE OF ELECTRON IN ERGS FREE#

As the free electron gets close to the atom, it repels the electron of the hydrogen atom, shifting its point of zero force. I return to the free electron, making its first trip in toward the hydrogen atom.

The force of repulsion has to be subtracted from the force of attraction, resulting in a new position of zero force. The separation is equal for both electrons but each electron is more than 5.29 x 10 -9 cm away from the proton. When the electron-hydrogen system is at rest, it looks like (Fig. The separation between the proton and the electronn is 5.29 x 10 -9 cm. The hydrogen atom without the free electron, is illustrated in (Fig. When the electron reaches its point of zero force, it has its maximum kinetic energy, 1.2 x 10 -12 erg. I don't mention the length of that distance, because it is unknown and immaterial. Since the electron is both payer and receiver, and it receives twice as much as it pays, the electron has a net gain of 1 x 10 -13 erg for that distance. The electron pays 1 x 10 -13 erg of potential energy. When the electron moves only part of the way, it picks up 2 x 10 -13 erg of kinetic energy. The potential energy is equally divided between the hydrogen atom and the free electron. Nuclear reactions are not in the category of chemical reactions.Īs soon as the free electron responds to the pull of the hydrogen atom, it gains kinetic energy at the expense of the 1.2 x 10 -12 erg of potential energy of the hydrogen-electron system. There are nuclear reactions in which more of the potential energy, 1.64 x 10 -6 erg is converted into kinetic energy. Therefore, the only realistic potential energy in the electron-proton system is only about one millionth of the potential energy, 1.6 x 10 -6 erg, between the neg of the electron and the pos of the proton. In the case of the electron-proton system, the charges can come together only as far as the short-range force permits. Whenever neg and pos exist apart from each other, there is a potential energy that can be converted into kinetic energy, when the neg and pos move toward each other. The real potential energy between the free electron and the hydrogen atom is 1.2 x 10 -12 erg. The combined 4.803 x 10 -10 esu of the electron and the 4.803 x 10 -10 esu of the proton, widely separated, represents a potential energy that would exist between a proton and an electron, if there were no close range repulsive force, and no interfering second electron.

At the beginning of the experiment, the proton has 4.803 x 10 -10 esu of pos in addition to a much larger amount of neg-pos. The source of the charge is within the electron-proton-electron system. The energy of motion that is due to the gain of charge is called kinetic energy. The arrival and departure of the free electron causes the resting electron to change its position twice, once during arrival, once during departure. The point of zero force for an electron-proton-electron system is not so close to the proton as the point of zero force for an electron-proton system. It is accelerated outward by the repulsive force, and it moves almost to the distance it started with.

Eventually, it flies past the point of zero force, and it is repelled by the close-range repulsive force. The electron accelerates as it approaches the hydrogen atom. The free electron is attracted to the proton side. The hydrogen atom has two sides, the proton side, which is positive, and the electron side, which is negative. The free electron is attracted to the hydrogen atom. The electron of the electron-proton system is at the point of zero force, so this electron-proton system is properly called a hydrogen atom. I put in one electron-proton system and one free electron. I perform an experiment in an empty flask.

Charge of electron in ergs