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unleash10

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Potential energy
« on: December 01, 2005, 10:09:37 PM »
Why is it that potential energy decreases as an electron is brought closer to the nucleus?
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Re:Potential energy
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2005, 01:51:16 AM »
G'day, unleash10.

It's a result of Coulomb's Law: "The energy of attraction between two oppositely charged bodies has a negative value, and that value becomes more negative as the bodies move closer together."
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