[wanderingmind]

I dont get why the electron rotates around the necleus. You got protons and neutrons in the neucleus so the neucleus' charge is positive. So one would think that the electron would just crash into the neucleus, but it dosn't. Plus the neucleus has more mass so it has more gravity that the electron.

So does it have to do with the strong nuclear force,  because of the tangental force of the electron, a combination of both, or am I just completly wrong?

[FeLiXe]

the explanation is the uncertainty principle

if the electron crashes into the nucleus it's position and momentum would be clearly determined which doesn't work

because of that the electron is a blur around the nucleus.

you may say the electron rotates but only if you use quantum mechanical operators. you don't have it actually moving around because this would violate Heisenberg again

[mir]

The electron might be thought of as a standing wave or/and as a particle. Read about the particle/wave duality. Its very interesting!

Dont worry if you dont understand quantum physics, the human brain is just not "hardwired" to understand fully, the "logic" for the physics at atomic or subatomic distances.

[wanderingmind]

Thanks for the insightful information. I'll go look some of that stuff that you said, because its a tad confusing.
THanks!