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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

The electron shells are just a model, that's not how it really works. Look at this image for a more realistic model of how an atom works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital#/media/File:Hydrogen_Density_Plots.png