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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

In the alternation of night and day and what Allah has created in the
heavens and the earth there are Signs for people who fear Him. (Su-
rah Yunus: 6)

Orbits of Electrons
Tens of electrons, which spin and orbit in an area unobservable even by
the most powerful microscopes, create an extremely complex traffic inside
the atom as we mentioned earlier. This traffic, however, is so orderly as to be
incomparably more orderly than the most systematic city traffic. Electrons
never collide with each other, because each electron has a separate orbit and
these orbits never coincide.
There are 7 electron shells around the nucleus of the atom. The numbers
of electrons in these seven electron shells that never change have been speci-
fied by a mathematical formula: 2n . The maximum numbers of electrons
2
that can be present in each electron shell around the atom have been fixed by

ELECTRONS IN THE SERVICE OF MANKIND

Electricity is one of the most important parts of our life. We apparent-
ly cannot do anything without it. Our lives are tied to electricity
when we eat, watch TV, go from one place to another or do clean-
ing. We push a button and everything around us is lit up. We
push another button and all electrical devices start working.
This form of electricity we use each moment of our lives is
called the electric current. What make this current possible
are the electrons we have been reviewing since the begin-
ning of this book. Electricity is the charged current
formed as a result of the movement of negative (-)
charged electrons and ions. Devices like television and
the refrigerator in ordinary use draw 1-2 ampere elec-
tricity. So, what does this amount mean?
A current of 1 ampere per second means the
transmission of 6 billion times a billion elec-
trons from a given section per second. This
figure is one million times more for a bolt of
lightning.

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