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Bohr’s theory of the atom revisited

Over 100 years ago, Niels Bohr’s atomic theory was a real breakthrough. Rick Marshall explains how the theory addressed questions raised by Rutherford’s nuclear model, and how it predicts an upper limit to the periodic table

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Bohr’s theory uses Coulomb’s law, circular motion and the quantisation of angular momentum to explain the hydrogen atom’s size, energy levels and line spectra. But a prediction of magnetic field disagrees with observation.

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