In 1913, Niels Bohr proposed a revolutionary atomic model that perfectly explained the stability of atoms and the hydrogen spectrum. However, as quantum physics advanced, scientists discovered several massive limitations and drawbacks to Bohr's theory.
Because of these massive limitations, Bohr's model was ultimately replaced by the modern Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom, which uses 3D probability clouds (orbitals) instead of 2D circular orbits.
Bohr's model was highly successful for the Hydrogen atom (which has only 1 electron) or single-electron ions like He+ and Li2+. However, it completely failed to explain the complex atomic spectrum of heavier atoms that contain multiple electrons.
Bohr assumed that electrons revolve in perfectly defined, fixed circular orbits with exact velocities and exact positions. However, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle proved that it is physically impossible to know both the exact position and momentum of a microscopic electron simultaneously.
Bohr treated the electron purely as a solid particle. He completely ignored the dual nature of matter (de Broglie's hypothesis), failing to account for the wave-like properties of moving electrons.
With highly advanced microscopes, scientists saw that a single Hydrogen spectral line was actually made of several tiny, closely spaced lines (Fine Structure). Bohr's model could not mathematically explain this fine splitting.
Kohlrausch's Law of Independent Migration of Ions
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