Niels Bohr

Q: What was Niels Bohr’s most important discovery?

Niels Bohr proposed a model of the atom in which the electron was able to occupy only certain orbits around the nucleus. This atomic model was the first to use quantum theory, in that the electrons were limited to specific orbits around the nucleus. Bohr used his model to explain the spectral lines of hydrogen .

Q: What was Niels Bohr’s atomic model?

Niels Bohr modeled the atom with electrons that could only have specific stable orbits. This model of the atom was the first to incorporate quantum theory. That electrons could only occur in specific orbits explained why elements such as hydrogen emitted and absorbed light at specific wavelengths.

Danish physicist

Also known as: Niels Henrik David Bohr

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Category: Science & Tech

Born:: October 7, 1885 Copenhagen Denmark

Died:: November 18, 1962 (aged 77) Copenhagen Denmark

Awards And Honors:: Copley Medal (1938) Nobel Prize (1922)

Notable Family Members:: son Aage N. Bohr brother Harald August Bohr

Subjects Of Study:: atom atomic model atomic theory complementarity principle correspondence principle

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What was Niels Bohr’s most important discovery?

What was Niels Bohr’s atomic model?

Niels Bohr, in full Niels Henrik David Bohr, (born October 7, 1885, Copenhagen, Denmark—died November 18, 1962, Copenhagen), Danish physicist who is generally regarded as one of the foremost physicists of the 20th century. He was the first to apply the quantum concept, which restricts the energy of a system to certain discrete values, to the problem of atomic and molecular structure. For that work he received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922. His manifold roles in the origins and development of quantum physics may be his most-important contribution, but through his long career his involvements were substantially broader, ...(100 of 2161 words)

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