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| Proposed in 1913, this theory explains that electrons orbit the atom in particular stationary orbits having fixed size and
energy. It assumes that the electron orbiting around the nucleus can exist only in certain energy states, a jump from one
state to another being accompanied by the emission or absorption of radiation. Electrons move to a larger orbit by
absorbing radiation (photons) and it moves to a smaller orbit shell by releasing radiation.
| he energy of an electron is based on the size of the orbit

p| Às the orbit gets smaller, the energy is lesser (electron shell closest to the nucleus= most stable atom because
there is no orbit of lower energy for the electron to jump to)

| rnce an electron had jumped to a higher energy level, it must eventually fall back into its natural orbit

| ‰irst demonstrated on a Hydrogen atom

  
 

| Based on Rutherford's theories, Bohr published his Bohr model about the atomic structure in 1913, introducing the
theory of electrons travelling on orbits around the atom's nucleus, with the outer orbits holding more electrons than the
inner ones. his thereby determined the chemical properties of the atom. Àlso, an electron could drop from an outer
orbit to an inner one, emitting light. his became the basis for quantum theory.

 








| Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1885

| åon of Christian Bohr, professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen (the man whose name was given to the
Bohr shift or Bohr effect)

| Àttended Copenhagen University for philosophy and mathematics but later switched out philosophy for physics after
the gold metal competition that he won for his surface tension experiment

| Received his doctorate in 1911²working with J.J. homson and Christian Christiansen

| åtudied under Rutherford at the University of Manchester

| Received a Noble Prize in physics in 1922 for his model and theory of the atom

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| Used to play soccer

| Had a wife and six kids, two died young, and one, ÀageNiels Bohr, became a successful physicist and also won a
Noble Prize in 1975

| Aas a professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to the time of his death

| Aorked on the Manhattan Project

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| Made sense out of Rutherford and Planck¶s ideas, filling in the holes to make the model more accurate

p| Rutherford¶s issue: the model was unstable because any charged particle moving in a curved path emits
electromagnetic radiation, thus the electrons would lose energy and spiral into the nucleus

p| Planck¶s Constant contribution: used it to obtain an accurate formula for the energy levels of the hydrogen
atoms

| Provided a new model of the atom using the quantum theories and other models²was not just a guess but it was
supported by scientific findings thus making it more accurate

| his new model is called the Bohr Model

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