Bohr-atom
See under Bohr theory.
Bohr atom [(bawr)]
Note: The Bohr atom is named after the twentieth-century Danish physicist Niels Bohr.
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- Bohr-effect
bohr effect
- Bohr-bug
bohr bug
- Bohr-magneton
a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss. Bohr magneton See under magneton.
- Bohr-radius
(in the Bohr atom) the radius of the electron orbit having the lowest energy.
- Bohr-theory
a theory of atomic structure in which the hydrogen atom (Bohr atom, ) is assumed to consist of a proton as nucleus, with a single electron moving in distinct circular orbits around it, each orbit corresponding to a specific quantized energy state: the theory was extended to other atoms. noun a theory of atomic structure […]