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Grade 12Modern Physics

Maxwell theory of electromagnetic wave says that all accelarated particle emit electromagnetic wave but in a atom all electron move around a nucleas with accelaration (v.v/R) then according to maxwell theory it also emits electromagnetic wave result the decrease in kinetic energy of electron and once a time it fall in to the nucleas and the atom is destroyed but this is not haapen why?

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16 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer16 Years ago

because acc to bohr atomic model electrons do not emit energy at certain discrete levels or at certain distance from the nucleus .in an atom ,the electrons can travel only in special orbits ,at a certain discrete distances from the nucleus with specific energies. they gain or lose energy only when they jump from one orbit to another ,absorbing or emitting electromagnetic radiation.