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Hawke

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on: May 25, 2013
Electrons exist only at fixed levels of potential energy. However, if an atom absorbs sufficient energy, a possible result is that
A) an electron may move to an electron shell farther away from the nucleus.
B) an electron may move to an electron shell closer to the nucleus.
C) the atom may become a radioactive isotope.
D) the atom would become a positively charged ion, or cation, and become a radioactive isotope.
E) the atom would become a negatively charged ion, or anion.


Melanie

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Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013
Quote from: Hawke on May 25, 2013
A) an electron may move to an electron shell farther away from the nucleus.


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