Or in other words which forces keep electrons in orbitals and prevent it from flying away or crashing into the nucleus according to modern understanding?

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This video by TKo explains it very well https://youtu.be/xINR4MoqYVc

    The electron orbits are quantized, with a lower limit. As found by Neils Bohr. Classical theory would have the electron attracted into the nucleus in a tiny fraction of a second. His theory was not liked by anyone at the time and he faced a lot of push back, but they eventually accepted it as it’s true.