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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

why potential energy decrease when one electron and proton move toward each other

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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9 Years ago
This is because the stability of a system is inversely proportional to its energy content. Therefore when electron and proton move closer a stability is formed due to presence of like charges. Thereby the energy decreases