The electric field is measured in units of volts per meter. And volts is a measure of Joules per charge. Does this mean if an electron gains kinetic energy it will produce a stronger electric field?
Where did you get that from?volts is a measure of Joules per charge
I'm guessing it's because volts is a measurement of Joules per Coulomb, and Coulomb is the measurement of electical chargeWhere did you get that from?
Where did you get that from?
But an electron can have kinetic energy... which is just another form of energy? I guess I could rephrase the question to: If I excite an electron to a higher orbital and thus increases it potential energy is the electric field produced by that electron now stronger then it was previously?Joules/coulomb is a measure of potential energy per unit charge. Has nothing to do with how fast anything is moving is moving.
The fan converts electric energy into kinetic energy. Will that directly produce a stronger electric field (as potential electrical energy from some point A to a point B)?The electric field is measured in units of volts per meter. And volts is a measure of Joules per charge. Does this mean if an electron gains kinetic energy it will produce a stronger electric field?
Now you are talking about bound electrons and that is a whole other ballgame. Energies are quantized and if the electric field were to increase, the attraction between the nucleus and the electron would increase and the the electron would be pulled back. What the electron does is not deterministic. It may fall back to a lower energy level, or it may move to a higher one, or it may stay where it is. We don't know and we can't tell, because we can't see it or measure it. We can only assign probabilities to outcomes. The Electric field is also inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance. So the attraction between the nucleus and the electron gets weaker the further away it gets.But an electron can have kinetic energy... which is just another form of energy? I guess I could rephrase the question to: If I excite an electron to a higher orbital and thus increases it potential energy is the electric field produced by that electron now stronger then it was previously?
Okay I can see that I was coming about this the wrong way.The fan converts electric energy into kinetic energy. Will that directly produce a stronger electric field (as potential electrical energy from some point A to a point B)?
Thank you for the suggestion! And I appreciate your responses they were helpfulNow you are talking about bound electrons and that is a whole other ballgame. Energies are quantized and if the electric field were to increase, the attraction between the nucleus and the electron would increase and the the electron would be pulled back. What the electron does is not deterministic. It may fall back to a lower energy level, or it may move to a higher one, or it may stay where it is. We don't know and we can't tell, because we can't see it or measure it. We can only assign probabilities to outcomes. The Electric field is also inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance. So the attraction between the nucleus and the electron gets weaker the further away it gets.
Read Feynmann, Volume II, you should.
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