The true picture is quantum
mechanical affair which differs from Bohr model in a number of
fundamental ways But then if the Bohr model is not strictly correct,
why do we bother about it The reasons which make Bohr’s model
still useful are:
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Atoms
(i)
The model is based on just three postulates but accounts for almost
all the general features of the hydrogen spectrum (ii) The model incorporates many of the concepts we have learnt in
classical physics