8. AtomsNo. 08.01
Electron Orbital
An electron does not circle the center of an atom like a planet.
Handling
Tap it to excite the electron. Pick any orbital up to 4f, or lobes, in the Splash tab.
Its tag
- Shelf
- 8. Atoms
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Licenses
- CC0
On the wall it weighs 6.6 KB: 507 splats, fitted to pictures of the full Splash, which opens with 610,000.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excite the electron | Tap | ||
| Excite | Button | ||
| Orbital | List | 30 choices | 3d (z²) |
| Look | List | 2 choices | Cloud |
| Plus phase | Color | #ff8a3d | |
| Minus phase | Color | #3d8bff |
About it
An electron does not circle the center of an atom like a planet. It spreads out as a cloud, called an orbital, that shows where it is most likely to be found. Orbitals come in set shapes: a ball, a dumbbell, a dumbbell with a ring, and more. The two colors show where the electron's wave is plus and where it is minus, not electric charge.
Pick an orbital from 1s to 4f, as a cloud or as lobes, in the Splash tab. Tap it and a tiny packet of light, a photon, comes in. The electron takes it in, jumps up to a bigger orbital and glows, then drops back with a flash and gives the light out again. This is how glowing gases give off light of their own colors.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,000 at Low, and up to 880,000 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| highvoltagearc.wav (neuron-arc.mp3) | Sclolex | CC0 1.0 |
