aommaster Posted December 4, 2003 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?
gene Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 Electrons orbit around the nuclues all the time.
aommaster Posted December 4, 2003 Author Posted December 4, 2003 so... can this be counted as perpetual motion
gene Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 Yup. Electrons whiz around the nucleus all the time. Like a factory that works none stop.
aommaster Posted December 4, 2003 Author Posted December 4, 2003 But recently i heard that atoms decay eventually!!!
swansont Posted December 4, 2003 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.
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