1s electron

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If you were sitting inside the hydrogen nucleus watching the 1s electron, you wouldnt actually see it as a tiny particle orbiting around you. Instead, it would appear sort of as a blurry cloud surrounding you in all directions, sometimes coming very close, sometimes a bit farther, but never staying in one fixed spot. Over time, if you tracked where it appeared the most, you’d notice that it spends most of its time near you but is spread out like a mist rather than moving in a clear path. This happens because electrons dont really behave like tiny marbles, they exist as waves of probability, meaning their position is never perfectly defined, only more or less likely to be found in some places.

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