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Re: Physic help
- To: KellySt@aol.com, kgstar@most.fw.hac.com, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@InterWorld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, DotarSojat@aol.com, neill@foda.math.usu.edu, 101765.2200@compuserve.com, MLEN3097@Mercury.GC.PeachNet.EDU
- Subject: Re: Physic help
- From: T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl (Timothy van der Linden)
- Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 12:15:28 +0100
Steve wrote:
>My understanding of what would happen is that in energetic collisions,
>electrons would get displaced in their orbits by mutual repulsion
>between the electron shells of the colliding atoms. When the electrons
>snap back to their original orbits, they radiate photons. Since heat is
>just statistically random motion on a small scale, that's why hot
>objects radiate.
Ah yes, I think I should have know that, in fact a day ago I was telling
someone that light was emitted when electrons fell back into a lower
energetic state.
>40^2 is 1600. Much, much worse.
Oops, don't know what got into me, I guess my mind tried to deceive me to
prevent a shock.
Timothy