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State in brief the drawbacks of Rutherford's atomic model correlating them with the postulates of Bohr's atomic model.

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Drawbacks of Rutherford's Atomic Model :

  • In Rutherford's model of the atom - the electrons revolve around the nucleus and the attractive force of the positively charged nucleus would be balanced by the centrifugal force arising due to the rotation of electron.
  • If an electron moves round the nucleus - it must radiate out energy and gradually move towards the nucleus following a spiral path - till it collides and ultimately collapses in it.
  • Thus, Rutherford's model could not explain correctly the stability of an atom.

Postulates of Bohr's Atomic Model :

  • Electrons revolve around the nucleus in fixed orbits or energy levels, possessing certain amount of energy.
  • The integer n represents the various energy levels 1, 2, 3 or K, L, M starting from the innermost.
  • As long as the electrons rotates in one of the energy levels - it neither loses or absorbs energy. When energy is supplied initially to the atoms - an electron moves to an orbit of higher energy. When this electron drops back to the original orbit - energy is radiated by the atom - according to equation E2 - E1 = hγ

[E2 and E1 are energy states of the electron in higher and lower orbit.]

Bohr's model gave the preciseness of location and mode of rotation of electron around the nucleus.

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