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why don't electrons, which are attracted to the protons in the nucleus, simply fall into the nucleus?

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Answer:

electrons are fermions, they can only access an energy level if it has not already been occupied by another electron. Thanks to this principle, there is a minimum energy level within the atom and it is not possible for an electron to collapse to the nucleus because it cannot exceed this} threshold.

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