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Bohr's Atomic Model
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Bohr' Atomic Model
Bohr's model was significant because it was the first model of atoms that described how electrons exist in stable orbits around the atom. This theory also proposed that when an electron moved to a higher or lower orbit it must either absorb or release a measurable amount of energy. This refuted the current idea proposed by Rutherford that electrons circle the atom nucleus releasing energy perpetually and eventually decay into nothing. -
Illustration and video of Bohr's Atomic model
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Principle of Complementarity
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Principle of Complementarity
This principle proposed by Bohr's helped bring together the works of many other scientists working on the idea of quantum mechanics and how it applies to the atom. This principle suggests that electrons behave like a particle and behave like a wave that thinking of them in both states simultaneously gives the best interpretation of them. The principle further proposes that that many things in the world around us act in complementary ways and should be observed through both lenses.
