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What is the work done by the field of a nucleus in a complete circular orbit of the electron ? What if the orbit is elliptical ?

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Work done in both the cases will be zero, as electric field is conservative in nature and its work done is independent of the path. Thus for one complete round, the work done will be zero.
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