Do electrons move randomly, with no preference of directions? And why electrons don't fall into the nucleus? About this question, I read the article on Chemistry wiki, which says that when electron falls towards nucleus, its kinetic energy becomes extremely large so there is a battle between electrons and nucleus, and no one is gonna win the battle, there is a compromise state instead. My question is why can't we say that electrons with great kinetic energy are moving towards the nucleus? Why should it escape？
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http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Quantum_Mechanics/Atomic_Theory/Why_atoms_do_not_Collapse – user40003 Mar 13 '14 at 19:07
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this is the website – user40003 Mar 13 '14 at 19:08
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1Possible duplicate of http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/30939/ – DumpsterDoofus Mar 13 '14 at 19:11
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1This might help http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/20003/ – anna v Mar 13 '14 at 19:32