Explain why electrons orbit around the nucleus
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An electron does not revolve around the nucleus. That was a model that was current for only a few years in the 1920s before it was displaced.
The electron is actually a sort of 3D standing wave trapped close to the nucleus of the atom by the attraction between its own negative charge and the positive charges of the protons in the nucleus. Once it has emitted energy by “falling” into the positive potential well of the nucleus, it cannot escape. So it exists as a standing wave. But, because of the incomprehensible magic of the Pauli Exclusion Principle, it cannot occupy the same resonance as any other electron. So it cannot fall all the way done to the base state, but must remain in its own particular resonance.
The electron is actually a sort of 3D standing wave trapped close to the nucleus of the atom by the attraction between its own negative charge and the positive charges of the protons in the nucleus. Once it has emitted energy by “falling” into the positive potential well of the nucleus, it cannot escape. So it exists as a standing wave. But, because of the incomprehensible magic of the Pauli Exclusion Principle, it cannot occupy the same resonance as any other electron. So it cannot fall all the way done to the base state, but must remain in its own particular resonance.
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