Conduction and the shape of electricity

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on Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
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How are electrons passed from one atom to the next when atoms are
spherical?

By ionizing both atoms, of course. Is this not obvious?
Of course if the atoms are part of some sort of matrix
(e.g., a solid metallic crystal, adjoined to a number of
other crystals) things get a little more complicated, leading
to such concepts as energy bands. I'm very rusty on
the details at this point.

Do they rotate around the orbital and jump to the next
atom's orbital?

Not sure what you mean by an "orbital" except that quantum
mechanics postulates a number of states electrons (and
for that matter atoms) can have; electron states are
traditionally modeled by using several numbers.

For example, the electron shell of iron (Fe) is
representable as 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 3d^6 4s^2.
The 's' represents one number, and the leftward number
represents another. The third number is the number of
electrons actually in the shell, and I'd frankly have
to look as to how they are parameterized, but they have
the same energy states (hence the term "shell") unless
the electron is in a magnetic or electric field.

Removal of or addition of an electron is possible, with
energy. One can also shift electrons within shells,
leading to spontaneous radiation later. For example,
neon ionizes and then recombines with the electrons,
leading to a photon; these photons can be used for
advertising displays, indicators (Nixie tubes, for
those old enough to remember them), and flickering
orange flame-shaped lights.

Do they move in curves around the atoms orbitals when
conducting them?

"Move" is an interesting concept for what is essentially
a probabilistic cloud.

Electricty ought to start on one side of an atom move around to the
opposite side and then jump.

The Universe doesn't care about your "ought"; it just is.

Mitch Raemsch; Twice Nobel Laureate 2008

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