All atoms are moving always. Well I guess debatable at absolute zero, but we don’t need to talk about that. Electrons constantly orbit their respective atomic nuclei. As someone else mentioned the smaller particles that make up the protons/neutrons are also moving.
To add for others, electrons orbiting is a convenient assumption - really they’re more a delocalised cloud of negative charge that exists in various bits of space known as “orbitals”.
Not orbiting in the way we’d understand it from planets.
All atoms are moving always. Well I guess debatable at absolute zero, but we don’t need to talk about that. Electrons constantly orbit their respective atomic nuclei. As someone else mentioned the smaller particles that make up the protons/neutrons are also moving.
So yes. Most everything is moving at all times.
To add for others, electrons orbiting is a convenient assumption - really they’re more a delocalised cloud of negative charge that exists in various bits of space known as “orbitals”.
Not orbiting in the way we’d understand it from planets.
Oh 100 % agreed. I didn’t want to get too technical and have to talk about tunneling and such haha. I hate MO theory, but it is very useful.
Everything moves, except me. I am at rest in my reference frame at all times! Everything just moves around me.