Re: What will happen?


DARTH VADER wrote:
> What will happen when a electron is kept near a proton ?

Depends on what you mean by "near" and whether the proton
and electron have kinetic energy relative to each other.

Two things that might happen:

- the electron is bound and you get atomic hydrogen.

- the electron is captured, combining with the proton to create
a neutron.

I'm not sure what the conditions for that second thing are. It's
something that happens in radioactive atoms, but not perhaps
with free protons and electrons.

- Randy

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