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quantum mechanics, atomic stability
Why do electrons not crash into the nucleus?
What keeps them from falling in, despite the attraction?
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Quantum mechanics explains that electrons behave like standing waves and can only exist in specific energy levels where their wavelengths fit perfectly. Falling into the nucleus would violate this rule, so atoms remain stable.
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