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Elliot Jackson
20 October, 11:59
What happens to an electron when energy is added?
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20 October, 13:26
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When an electron is hit by a photon of light, it absorbs the quanta of energy the photon was carrying and moves to a higher energy state. One way of thinking about this higher energy state is to imagine that the electron is now moving faster, (it has just been "hit" by a rapidly moving photon).
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