1913 The Bohr-Rutherford atom

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Niels Bohr

The Bohr atom


 
 

Angular momentum is quantised in multiples of h/2 pi

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Only certain orbits and energies are possible

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Light can only be emitted at certain frequencies

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v = (energy difference)/h

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The spectrum of Hydrogen



 


 
 

Scanning Tunneling Electron Microscope picture of a Silicon atom



 
 

Atomic orbitals

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Atomic Orbitals
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May and December 1925: Quantum Mechanics

 

 

Erwin Schroedinger
Werner Heisenberg

Erwin Schrödinger

Werner Heisenberg

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Summer 1925: Quantum Mechanics

 

 

Max Born
Pascual Jordan

Max Born

Pascual Jordan

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on 7 November 2006
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