Bohr's postulates
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- In a stationary orbit the electron
- Choices
- radiates continuously
- is at rest
- does not radiate energy
- Correct choice
- does not radiate energy
- Question
- Bohr's postulates were framed for
- Choices
- hydrogenic atoms
- all molecules
- solids
- Correct choice
- hydrogenic atoms
- Question
- Bohr's model was built to explain
- Choices
- chemical bonding
- line spectra and stability
- radioactivity
- Correct choice
- line spectra and stability
- Question
- Bohr's second postulate concerns the electron's
- Choices
- mass
- charge
- angular momentum
- Correct choice
- angular momentum
Explanation
Three postulates, laying the foundation of quantum mechanics. Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 12 Atoms.