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Lesson: Chapter 3 — The Structure of Matter

3.1. The planetary model of the atom 3 of 11

Question 3

What did Niels Bohr add to Rutherford's model?

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Bohr said the electrons move around the positively charged nucleus in definite paths — orbits. They do not move just anywhere around it.

The nucleus, and its positive charge, came from Rutherford's model in 1911. Bohr's contribution was the word definite — and that is what leads to shells, energy levels, and everything in section 3.2.

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