Speed of an electron

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From: Cbdirtball@aol.com
Date: Mon Feb 28 2005 - 22:06:37 PST 

From: Cbdirtball@aol.com
Message-ID: <be.237ad921.2f55606d@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 01:06:37 EST
Subject: Speed of an electron

A colleague of mine had the following question posed by a student. He came
to me and I was stumped.

How fast do electrons travel in their orbits? Do they maintain this speed
forever? When they reach higher energy levels, is this reflected in a change in
velocity? Are all these questions irrelevant in a quantum mechanical model
of the electron?

Thanks,

Charlie Bissell
Hillsdale High School

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