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Can a hydrogen atom absorb an electron whose energy is greater than the binding energy?

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Assuming you are talking about the binding energy of atom (that is the electron orbital binding energy), by the definition the binding energy is the energy required to overcome the attractive force of the positively charged nucleus to an electron. Hence if the electron has more energy than binding energy it can't be captured.

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