UNN CHM 101 Note on Bohr’s Model of Atom (Hydrogen)

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

In 1913, Bohr put forward a theory based on the quantization of energy to improve upon Rutherford’s model of the structure of the atom. This theory also satisfactorily explained the line spectrum of the hydrogen atom. He postulated that; The electrons move around the nucleus in one of the several fixed circular orbits called energy …

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