Like why are there two shells sometimes and three shells other times? Why are there different numbers of electrons on one shell than others? And what’s in between the protons and electrons?
I’m a little stoney and just can’t comprehend how something at this small of a scale has these “laws of nature.” Idk… hard to explain why this is fascinating me but it is. Especially the space in between the protons and electrons. Like are we all just empty space floating around?
In: Chemistry
Negative electrons are dying to get to the positive protons in the atom nucleus. Typically there are an equal number of protons and electrons. Once the first electrons get in there, subsequent electrons can’t cozy up to the nucleus because they’re repelled by the existing ones. Each shell of electrons describe the equilibrium point where any closer, and they’d be repelled by other electrons and any further they’d be attracted by the nucleus.
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