Why do electrons actually revolve around the nucleus of an atom? what would happen if the electrons did not revolve?

Question

Sorry for the stupid question guys. im not the best in science.

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

It’s not “revolution”, but rather being pulled closer and pushed away by various fundamental forces. They end up basically bouncing around in a cloud – like those illustrations of sound waves and sand on a sheet over a speaker (https://youtu.be/tFAcYruShow?si=D5rOqzAOaT-0lJf4), just instead of sound and gravity pushing the sand around, it’s fundamental forces pushing electrons around