There have been several proposed atomic models during the last 150 years. Which model best illustrates the Bohr model. This model suggests that an atom's electrons orbit the nucleus in fixed patterns, much like the planets orbit the Sun.

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Ayanna Fuentes

2 July, 19:42

There have been several proposed atomic models during the last 150 years. Which model best illustrates the Bohr model. This model suggests that an atom's electrons orbit the nucleus in fixed patterns, much like the planets orbit the Sun.

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Aylin Preston · Answer 1

Despite the Quantum Mechanical Model treating the electron mathematically as a wave rather than fixed patterns, the Quantum Mechanical model best illustrates the Bohr model because both models of the atom assign specific energies to an electron.