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Creating the Bohr model
Borh did nothing new by using planetary models to describe atoms; what was truly unique was how he introduced the idea that electrons traveling in orbits around the nucleus could drop from a higher-energy orbit to a lower one while producing a minimum unnoticed amount of energy.Linktext -
Creating theory of the compound nucleus
By 1929 Bohr again suggests that the law of conservation of energy be abandoned, but Enrico Fermi's hypothetical neutrino provided another explanation. This prompted Bohr to create the theory of compound nucleus in which higher energy particle transfers energy to the nucleus, leaving it with too much energy to be fully bound together. That is, it remains together until enough energy happens to be concentrated in one neutron. The excited quasi-bound nucleus is called a compound nucleus. -
Helping with the atomic Bomb
In 1939 Bohr visited the United States with the news from Lise Meitner that German scientists were working on splitting the atom. This spurred the United States to launch the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. Three years later they ultimately went to the United States, where both joined the government's team of physicists working on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. -
The the establishment Riso of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission
Niels Bohr played a crucial role in the founding of Risø and was chairman of the Nuclear Energy Commission charged to promote the peaceful use of nuclear power. He helped to create new knowledge based on world-class research and to ensure that our knowledge is used to promote the development of an innovative and sustainable society.
Major works
Bohr, Niels (1922). The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution
Bohr, N.(1924). "The Quantum Theory of Radiation"
