Question

How can we change the orbital of an electron in an atom
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Answer 1

most probably heat it, give it enough energy to jump to next shell or other way round

Answer 2

you sure...

Answer 3

yup kinda

Answer 4

To change orbitals you'd have to add more electrons. Or decrease electrons.

Answer 5

isn't it about electrons jumping from one shell to another?

Answer 6

Oh that's true. You'd have to excite the electrons to have them make a quantum jump to the next orbital.

Answer 7

yeah so you basically heat it, give it "enough" energy so that it jumps

Answer 8

and how can i do that,... and how many ways i have to make it done...

Answer 9

Light absorption or heating primarily.

Answer 10

yes, UV irradiation... can be done...

Answer 11

yeah i guess there aren't many options tbh, you would need a source that can provide 'that' much energy

Answer 12

but for a while.. lets take an example..
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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 13

no

Answer 14

You'd concentrate light.

Answer 15

Not heating it, but transferring light energy.

Answer 16

or if it is UV than hw could i possibly know that when will my electron is in excited state...

Answer 17

well kinda
first heating will break bonds

Answer 18

well that question now is pure quantum physics

Answer 19

are you a uni student?

Answer 20

A certain color will be omitted once it starts to jump levels.

Answer 21

yeah that's right, though it happens very fast

Answer 22

This isn't college chem; this is more like advanced chemistry. I took three levels of chem: regular, advanced and AP.

Answer 23

and this is probably a question you'd find on an advanced chem test tbh.

Answer 24

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 25

Well it's not like you can excite particular electrons. I mean, you can't even really view electrons. That's why we've redone our models over and over and over again and why we even have a model. We can't see inside an atom.

Answer 26

actually for each element and for each shell u'd expect specific amount of 'energy required' this is what i think

Answer 27

nope... what i mean is that if i have a compound of lets take, NaOH and i kept it under UV for couple of hours. then the electronegetivity will govern the bond energy and polarity ... as well as, are there any properties which can make a control over energy excitation....

Answer 28

Um yeah, but they would have to be measured and tested for that substance I suppose.

Answer 29

so finally...

Answer 30

Like the strength and amount of energy that's applied.

Answer 31

most probably the first one? @seehearcreate

Answer 32

It would most definitely be the first one.

Answer 33

Sorry, I was busy writing an essay for my AP Psych class.

Answer 34

well, i cant resist my negetive thinking...

why can't it be the second one...

Answer 35

It doesn't have to even do with the electrons. Atoms can be manipulated very easily, especially with energy. Energy controls almost everything; we are a system of energy and energy transfer. The wavelength would matter.

Answer 36

actually i think its very similar to random process of decaying

Answer 37

decaying is energy transfer, so yess haha

Answer 38

nuclei does not shout saying Hey im gonna decay right?

Answer 39

then lets take a table or a list of elements...

what if i say from the top to end of this table, the elements undergo continous excitation and relaxation, and this process slows down from the bottom to top..

so, what you say for this???

Answer 40

Um....I don't see the relevance in this...

Answer 41

you've gotta get this one thing ONLY when u give energy electron will jump
once you remove energy it'll just go back to where it was

Answer 42

if i say that, the atoms having higher electron count, quite far from neucleus will excite difficultly than atoms like hydrogen...

is that relevant.

Answer 43

and @Somy why cant it be stablized in excited state...???

Answer 44

no actually the closer the atom TO nucleus the harder to make it excited

Answer 45

u just cannot
can u buy a car for free?

Answer 46

if u give half of the money, they'll take back the car

Answer 47

It won't be stabilized until you either add more electrons or remove energy from the atom.

Answer 48

there will be some other way, think about it...