How atoms get energy to move about?
Answer:
Because of
1. The electrons revolving
2.The force of attraction between protons and neutrons
Ambient heat. The hotter it is the more they move. Either that or they drink a lot of coffee.
Atomic energy is an outdated phrase which can mean a number of things related to energy produced by atoms:
Radioactivity, the set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei (nuclides) emit subatomic particles
Nuclear reaction, a process in which two nuclei or nuclear particles collide, to produce different products than the initial products; see also nuclear fission and nuclear fusion
Nuclear energy, energy produced by nuclear reactors
The energy of inter-atomic or chemical bonds, which holds atoms together in compounds.
The term may have originated with H. G. Wells in the phrase, "splitting the atom", devised at a time prior to the discovery of the nucleus. The term is a solecism.
Heat. Think of water. THe hotter it is it boils and when it boils it moves rapidly and when its cold, turns into ice. So there you have it.
The temperature of the atom decides how much energy it has.
Another source is whether it is radioactive.
they got the energy from the surrounding heat energy. so at 0 degree k, atoms will not move
Lots of energy forms. Heavier elements were assembled in supernova "forges". When you dissasssmble these, you get massive energy from the nuclear forces. There are also van der waal's forces, hydrogen bonding, chemical bonding. All ways to store energy.
Atoms (or molecules) exchange energy by vibrating, rotating, or translating. You can store energy in any of these modes, with the resistance being a "heat capacity".
Energy is transferred in a kind of a cascade. Everything started with the big bang. We on earth are currently fueled in large part from the release of radiant energy from the sun. (Atoms and molecules absorb photons and become excited.)
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