Question

True or False
Rutherford's atomic model was successful in explaining stability of the atom.

Answer 1

The stability of the atom was explained by Bohr's atomic model.

Rutherford proposed an atomic model based on the alpha scattering experiment but it could not explain the stability of the atom.

The Bohr model consists of the following principles:

• Electrons assume only certain orbits around the nucleus.
• Each orbit has an energy associated with it. For example, the orbit closest to the nucleus has an energy $E1$, the next closest $E2$, and so on.
• Light is emitted when an electron jumps from a higher orbit to a lower orbit and absorbed when it jumps from a lower to a higher orbit.
• The energy and frequency of light emitted or absorbed is given by the difference between the two-orbit energies
• With these conditions, Bohr was able to explain the stability of atoms as well as the emission spectrum of hydrogen.

Therefore, the given statement is false.