// Scilab Code Ex4.6: Page-140 (2013) clc; clear c = 3.00e+008; // Speed of light, m/s r = 0.5e-010; // Radius of the atom, m e = 1.6e-019; // Charge on an electron, C m_e = 9.11e-031; // Mass of the electron, kg k = 9e+009; // Coulomb constant, N-Sq.m/C^2 v = e*k^(1/2)/(m_e*r)^(1/2); // Speed of the electron, m/s if v < 0.01*c then printf("\nThe nonrelativistic treatment for calculating speed of the electron = %3.1e m/s is justified", v); end // Result // The nonrelativistic treatment for calculating speed of the electron = 2.2e+006 m/s is justified