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Why can't two electrons be in the same place?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Role of Quantum Variables in Particles

No two particles can have the same quantum state. Electrons are quantized into energy levels around a hydrogen atom because they're confined The quantization only comes from the confinement electrons out in free space don't have like energy levels Whereas electrons around a hydrogenatom for example do so there's an important distinction there about the quantum state of these particles.

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