What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom?

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What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom?

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RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom?

November 16, 2017 at 8:42 pm

It's something to do with their energy levels. Given higher energy states, they have higher "orbits." The "orbit" analogy is a poor one though. Gravity as absolutely nothing to do with it.

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What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Rhondazvous - November 16, 2017 at 7:14 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Whateverist - November 16, 2017 at 8:34 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by AFTT47 - November 16, 2017 at 8:42 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Brian37 - November 16, 2017 at 9:17 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Minimalist - November 16, 2017 at 9:14 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Rhondazvous - November 17, 2017 at 9:43 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by ignoramus - November 17, 2017 at 2:51 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Little lunch - November 17, 2017 at 6:44 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by brewer - November 17, 2017 at 9:25 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Aoi Magi - November 17, 2017 at 9:36 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by LadyForCamus - November 17, 2017 at 9:43 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Whateverist - November 17, 2017 at 10:32 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Rhondazvous - November 17, 2017 at 12:05 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Brian37 - November 17, 2017 at 1:03 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Rhondazvous - November 17, 2017 at 4:16 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Neo-Scholastic - November 17, 2017 at 1:11 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by AFTT47 - November 17, 2017 at 1:13 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Brian37 - November 17, 2017 at 1:37 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Banned - November 28, 2017 at 3:48 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by polymath257 - January 3, 2018 at 8:54 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by Banned - January 12, 2018 at 6:36 pm

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by polymath257 - January 13, 2018 at 11:14 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by shadow - January 14, 2018 at 1:43 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by polymath257 - January 14, 2018 at 10:46 am

RE: What Keeps Electrons Away from the Nucleus of an Atom? - by vorlon13 - January 3, 2018 at 9:11 pm

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