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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?

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This video by TK^o^ 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 at the time and he faced a lot of push back, but they eventually accepted it as it’s true.