Using electrical potential energy V=14πε0Q1Q2r , a particle further away from nucleus has lower magnitude of energy. Using Coulomb's law, a particle further away from nucleus experiences weaker attraction, hence less energy is needed to maintain orbit around that e-shell compared to a electron shell closer to nucleus, hence the one closer to nucleus supposedly should have higher energy. I know in reality e- does not orbit around a atom, but its position exists as a probability density or radial probability function. Which statement is true regarding the energy of particles in an atom?
1) Particles closer to the nucleus have higher energy
2) Particles further away from the nucleus have higher energy
3) Particles closer to the nucleus have lower energy
4) Particles further away from the nucleus have lower energy