Bohr's Model of the Atom
Important Questions on Bohr's Model of the Atom
Are different energy levels equally spaced or can we compare the energy levels with the steps of equally spaced ladder?

Why the energy of electron in an atom is negative ?

Why are Bohr's orbits called stationary states?

Show that the circumference of the Bohr orbit for the hydrogen atom is an integral multiple of the de-Broglie wavelength associated with the electron revolution around the orbit.

What is the fundamental difference between the Rutherford's model and Bohr's model?

What is quantisation? How does it arise in Bohr's model of the atom?

State the postulates of Bohr's atomic model.

In what respect Bohr's model is an improvement over Rutherford's model ?

Describe how the line spectrum of hydrogen led to Bohr's model.

What is spectrum ?

Which of the following ions does not obey the Bohr's atomic theory?

State two limitations of Bohr's theory of hydrogen atom.

Give an example of an ion which obey's Bohr's theory.

State the postulates of Bohr's atomic theory.

State the postulates of Bohr's atomic theory.

Describe briefly how atomic spectra of solid and gaseous elements are produced? What is meant by discontinuous spectra? What are Lyman series in the spectra of hydrogen?

Of atomic theories of Rutherford and Bohr, which one can explain the line spectrum of hydrogen atom ?

When electrons from higher orbits of hydrogen atom jump to the -shell, to which series of the hydrogen spectrum will the emitted light belong?

Bohr theory is not applicable to which of the following species?

The radius of Bohr's first orbit in hydrogen atom is . The radius of second orbit in would be:

