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  2. Bohr model - Wikipedia

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    The Bohr model is a relatively primitive model of the hydrogen atom, compared to the valence shell model. As a theory, it can be derived as a first-order approximation of the hydrogen atom using the broader and much more accurate quantum mechanics and thus may be considered to be an obsolete scientific theory .

  3. Fine-structure constant - Wikipedia

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    The fine-structure constant gives the maximum positive charge of an atomic nucleus that will allow a stable electron-orbit around it within the Bohr model (element feynmanium). [20] For an electron orbiting an atomic nucleus with atomic number Z the relation is ⁠ mv 2 / r ⁠ = ⁠ 1 / 4πε 0 ⁠ ⁠ Ze 2 / r 2 ⁠.

  4. Niels Bohr - Wikipedia

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    Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research. Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, in which he proposed that energy levels of electrons are discrete and that the electrons revolve in stable orbits around the atomic nucleus but can jump from one energy level (or orbit) to another. Although the Bohr model has been ...

  5. Rydberg constant - Wikipedia

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    The Bohr model explains the atomic spectrum of hydrogen (see Hydrogen spectral series) as well as various other atoms and ions. It is not perfectly accurate, but is a remarkably good approximation in many cases, and historically played an important role in the development of quantum mechanics. The Bohr model posits that electrons revolve around ...

  6. Bohr radius - Wikipedia

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    The Bohr radius (⁠ ⁠) is a physical constant, approximately equal to the most probable distance between the nucleus and the electron in a hydrogen atom in its ground state. It is named after Niels Bohr, due to its role in the Bohr model of an atom. Its value is 5.291 772 105 44 (82) × 10 −11 m. [1] [2]

  7. Old quantum theory - Wikipedia

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    In the Bohr model, this restriction imposed on circular orbits was enough to determine the energy levels. In three dimensions, a rigid rotator can be described by two angles — θ {\displaystyle \theta } and ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } , where θ {\displaystyle \theta } is the inclination relative to an arbitrarily chosen z -axis while ϕ ...

  8. List of superseded scientific theories - Wikipedia

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    The Bohr model of the atom was extended by the quantum mechanical model of the atom. The formula known as Newton's sine-square law of air resistance for the force of a fluid on a body was not actually formulated by Newton but by others using a method of calculation used by Newton; it has been found incorrect and not useful except for high-speed ...

  9. Fine structure - Wikipedia

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    However, a more accurate model takes into account relativistic and spin effects, which break the degeneracy of the energy levels and split the spectral lines. The scale of the fine structure splitting relative to the gross structure energies is on the order of ( Zα ) 2 , where Z is the atomic number and α is the fine-structure constant , a ...