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The Bohr Model is presented
Bohr proposed his model on how electron's fill an orbital, and their ability to jump to fill an lower energy orbital. (Aaserud, 2016) Although radical and unacceptable to most physicists at the time, the Bohr atomic model was able to account for an ever-increasing number of experimental data, famously starting with the spectral line series emitted by hydrogen. -
Bohr's Theoretical Physics Institute
Bohr pushed the University of Copenhagen to create to establish a department dedicated to the Theoretical Physics to create a a space where future physicists can have a place to experiment and discover. -
The Bohr Model is proven correct
Hungarian physical chemist Georg Hevesy, was working together with the physicist Dirk Coster from Holland in the Bohr institute on an undiscovered element to test how the electrons behaved. Through their research is was confirmed to behave just as Bohr had predicted. -
Bohr's contribution to quantum mechanics
Bohr and Werner Heisenberg together developed the foundation of quantum mechanics. A key factor was Bohr's complementary principle. using the complementary principle they were able to determine why light sometimes appears a particle, and others as a wave. -
Bohr's role with building the Atomic Bomb
After initially refusing to assist in the creation of the atomic bomb, after being chased out of his home country by the German forces. He was integral as a role model/ father figure for some of the junior scientists. -
The Bohr Model explained
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References
Reference: Aaserud, F. (2016). Niels Bohr. Retrieved July 26, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niels-Bohr
