explain why electrons form a cloud around the nucleus
Electron cloud is an informal term in physics. It is used to describe where electrons are when they go around the nucleus of an atom. The electron cloud model is different from the older Bohr atomic model by Niels Bohr.Bohr talked about electrons orbiting the nucleus, in a way similar to how the planets go around the Sun.The electron cloud model says that we can not know exactly where an electron is at any given time, but the electrons are more likely to be in specific areas.n the Bohr model, electrons were assigned to different shells. These shells explained the repeating patterns of chemical properties in the periodic table. Using quantum mechanics, chemists can use the electron cloud model to assign electrons to different atomic orbitals. These atomic orbitals are not all spheres.