The Bohr model was determined ultimately to be flawed. Knowing that "opposites attract (and 'likes' repel)," can you think of any flaws in the Bohr model that disobey these statements?

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Kelly Harrell

1 August, 11:29

The Bohr model was determined ultimately to be flawed. Knowing that "opposites attract (and 'likes' repel)," can you think of any flaws in the Bohr model that disobey these statements?

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Francisco Bernard · Answer 1

Yes, there are 2 flaws

Explanation:

Electromagnetics say that, given two particles with charge, they will be attracted if they have opposite charge or repelled if they have identical charge.

Then, we can find two flaws in the Bohr model. The first one is that the electrons move in energy layers (or just layers to get the idea) far from the proton compared with the distance between the electrons themselves. So, if the model was right, how can it be that they don't repel each other? With the same logic, the protons don't repel each other either even though they are all together in the nucleus.

The second flaw, related to what we've just said, is that the electrons can move from one layer to another, but they will always stay at a minimum distance to the proton. How can it be so if it is known that they attract because of their charge signs?