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The study of the presence and flow of electric charge. Charges, currents, fields, potentials.

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Why do electrons not remain at higher energy levels?

The short answer is that the state where the electrons are on a higher level isn't stable. Therefore the atoms in the higher energy states decay (i.e. the electrons in the atoms return to the ground …
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