Bohr, de Broglie and Schrödinger EACH proposed a model for the structure of the atom.
How does the nature of the electron proposed in each of the three models differ? (5 marks)
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Bohr, de Broglie and Schrödinger EACH proposed a model for the structure of the atom.
How does the nature of the electron proposed in each of the three models differ? (5 marks)
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Bohr’s model of the atom proposed that the electron was a negatively charged particle which orbits the nucleus in a circular path at discrete, quantised energy levels.
De Broglie’s model proposed that electrons had a dual wave/particle nature existing as stable standing waves around the nucleus.
Schrödinger’s quantum mechanical model described electrons as having a wave nature and existing as orbitals. His equation described a cloud surrounding the nucleus in which electrons had a high probability to be found.
Bohr’s model of the atom proposed that the electron was a negatively charged particle which orbits the nucleus in a circular path at discrete, quantised energy levels.
De Broglie’s model proposed that electrons had a dual wave-particle nature existing as stable standing waves around the nucleus.
Schrödinger’s quantum mechanical model described electrons as having a wave nature and existing as orbitals. His equation described a cloud surrounding the nucleus in which electrons had a high probability to be found.