If an electron is in a stationary state of an atom, is the electron at rest*? If

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If an electron is in a stationary state of an atom, is the electron at rest*? If not. What does the term mean? An electron in a stationary state is not at rest rather, it means that whereas the orbit of the electron changes, its energy doesn't change. G An electron in a stationary state is at rest. An electron in a stationary state is not at rest rather, it means that whereas the energy of the electron changes, its orbit doesn't change. An electron in a stationary state is not at rest rather, it means that both the orbit and the energy of the electron don't change.

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If an electron is in a stationary state of an atom, is the electron at rest? If not, what does the term mean?

NO. the electron is not at rest. It is in an allowed orbit.

The only allowed or quantized orbits are called stationary states.

It means that where as the orbit of the electron changes its energy doesnot change.

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