aommaster Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Can electrons orbiting a stable atom e.g oxygen (that is not radioactive) be considered as perpetual motion. If no, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Electrons orbit around the nuclues all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted December 4, 2003 Author Share Posted December 4, 2003 so... can this be counted as perpetual motion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Yup. Electrons whiz around the nucleus all the time. Like a factory that works none stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted December 4, 2003 Author Share Posted December 4, 2003 But recently i heard that atoms decay eventually!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Well, that i am not sure. Sorry man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Entropy is a macroscopic property/concept, so the notion that perpetual motion of the first kind can't work doesn't apply on the atomic scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted December 4, 2003 Author Share Posted December 4, 2003 Oh ok. Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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