Why Gravitational Force Is Not Taken Into Consideration, While Calculating Energy Of An Electron In An Atom?

[suyashchhetri]

Why gravitational force is not taken into consideration, while calculating energy of an electron in an atom ?

[beso]

Because it is trivial compared to the electromagnetic forces.

[jim360]

It's possible to answer this one yourself, by taking it into consideration and seeing what the resulting number is. It's not just trivial compared to the electrical energy, but in any practical measurement you would also find that even fairly minor sources of error (in, say, the uncertainty of the value of elementary charge) would dominate the correction due to gravity. There's just nothing to be gained by considering it.

[Answerprancer]

I do hope you're getting AB to do your homework! ...ramro chhaina.

[Answerprancer]

*not

[jim360]

Have no fear, AP, if this were any kind of science question then OP should be required to actually do the calculation, since it's a fairly trivial one.

[TWR]

Why can't we in the UK find a way to use the power that is around us! The Sea.

[jim360]

I don't sea the relevance of that at all, TWR.

[TWR]

Oh, I sea.

[Old_Geezer]

OIC

We do to an extent. There are project extracting wave power. But one still has to get the collected power to the shore, and ensure it doesn't interfere with shipping / fishing / etc. I guess it is not yet seen as worth the effort.

[Answerprancer]

भाइ, तिमी कहाँ हो?

[BlackadderV]

If you'd said that it the first place I wouldn't have been puzzling for days, AP. All is clear now.

[suyashchhetri]

नेपाल

[BlackadderV]

Ok, I know when I'm out of my depth.

[Answerprancer]

Namaste ...

[Answerprancer]

Katmandhu?

[suyashchhetri]

Itahare....namaste