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Order the quantum breakthroughs

Exercise and reference answers

Steps
  1. Newton splits white light
  2. Maxwell links the two fields
  3. Balmer fits hydrogen lines
  4. Planck solves blackbody
  5. Bohr quantises the atom
Instructions
Tap the discoveries in the order they happened.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 'Electronic Structure and Periodic Properties of Elements', sections 6.1-6.5_
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