Post by Pincho Paxton on Jun 28, 2015 9:42:08 GMT
This is how I solved it... Link...
What causes different colors in flames?
I was working on flame colours, and I noticed a mistake in the above link...
That is wrong!
To correct it however is interesting, you have to move the electron through the nucleus of the atom!
So why isn't that information available?
Because... when the electron moves through the Nucleus of an atom X/Z, and Y get rotated very quickly, and you probably wouldn't notice that the atom has spun around. Now you are looking at the electron from a completely different angle, and the angle changes red to blue. X/Z becomes Y, the electron passes through the nucleus, the whole thing spins around like a vertically tilting compass needle.
Pincho Paxton
What causes different colors in flames?
I was working on flame colours, and I noticed a mistake in the above link...
Electrons on atoms have different amounts of energy proportional to the distance of their orbital from the nucleus. Electrons (which are negative) close to the positive nucleus have lower potential energy; those in "higher" energy levels farther away have more energy.
That is wrong!
To correct it however is interesting, you have to move the electron through the nucleus of the atom!
So why isn't that information available?
Because... when the electron moves through the Nucleus of an atom X/Z, and Y get rotated very quickly, and you probably wouldn't notice that the atom has spun around. Now you are looking at the electron from a completely different angle, and the angle changes red to blue. X/Z becomes Y, the electron passes through the nucleus, the whole thing spins around like a vertically tilting compass needle.
Pincho Paxton