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Why are electrons placed in different areas of an atom?

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The electrons in an atom move around the nucleus in regions known as electron shells. Each electron shell can only contain a certain number of electrons. Electrons are placed in the lower energy level first and when this is completely filled, we move on to the second energy level and so on.

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