Question

How can we change the orbital of an electron in an atom
???

Answer 1

Giving energy to the electron

Answer 2

how that can be done?

Answer 3

E.g by heating or electric spark

Answer 4

ok... lets take an example:

Answer 5

if i have an compound or a substance lets take solid powder of some chemical compound..... so by heating it cam make my question answered....???

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

dude, that can make my compound degrade or change its state....

any else...

Answer 8

E.g heating may not be fit some of your compounds but initially it changes the orbital of the electrons and electron may come out of the atom altogether. See, chemical properties of a substance are governed by electrons. If some chemical change occurs, it means something is changed about electrons

Answer 9

then lets talk about UV radiation.... will that help...

Answer 10

Yes, that helps.

Answer 11

If it were gamma radiation, it won't work because mostly it will hit the electron out of the atom.

Answer 12

then how can i particularly excite the electrons in a perticular atoms aparts from others,....

is there any table or list that shows, that the electrons in mentioned atoms will get excited first than otheres... kinda stuff,,,,

Answer 13

Now that is more subjective and technical too. So, if you have a compound of two types (say) of atoms and want to excite one type of atoms without exciting the other type of atom. right ! I can't think of this type of selective excitation.

Answer 14

well then so, finally... question unanswered...???

Answer 15

Your question is answered but your doubt is not. :(

Answer 16

thanks for the help bud... :)

Answer 17

You can also just hit the electron with a photon

Answer 18

that what we called as photolosis right...

thats already discussed...

Answer 19

if so, then, is there any chance that the excited atom can be stablized in normal temp. and pressure.

Answer 20

Technically the way change the orbital of an electron is by adding energy to that electron. Sources of energy come in many forms, and of course some of those forms can destry or alter in an unusable way your sample. In physics and optics a lot of the time we use an electric field or light (a type of field) to change energy of electrons. That's how lasers work