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Mon 7 Apr, 2014 10:58 am
As an electron orbits an atom its path increases and decreases. When it decreases there is a flash of light whose wavelength is equivalent to the change in its new orbital variation. I had a thought on this and wanted to see where my hypothesis is faulted.
As the electron speeds up it is absorbing energy from the photons it is exposed to.
First Hypothesis: Electrons visible orbits are determined by the light they are exposed to in the spectrum. The slower the wavelength the smaller the orbit.
Second Hypothesis: As the electrons absorb photon energy they ascend to higher spectrum's of light. In this ascent they disappear and reappear on a new level/ higher orbit. They do not disappear though, they are moving from one wavelength to another. When they pass in between the light wavelengths they no longer detectable until they reach the higher/lower wavelength.
Third Hypothesis: As it absorbs more energy and increases in orbit it reaches higher and higher wavelengths in the light spectrum. That is until it reaches a flash point whereas the nucleus of the atom exerts a stronger pull then the absorption rate of the light by the electron. At this point the electron is forced to release energy to equalize with the nucleus. This energy is the flash of light seen as it now descends back down to the wave length spectrum it will travel on till it charges enough energy to move up to a faster wavelength.
So is this possible and if so how would it be properly tested?