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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The angular momentum of electron in an atom in its ground state for which n is equal to 1 is given by bohr formula n*h/4pi resulting in a finite value but when we calculate the same by the formula under root l*(l plus 1) *h/2pi where h/2pi is out of the root where l is orbital angular momentum of electron in the atom and its value is zero in the ground state leading to a zero orbital angular momentum in the ground state by the formula which is different than the value obtained by bohr formula so why this difference

OpenStudy (anonymous):

beacause one is more mass

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The difference arises because, in respect of the angular momentum of the ground state of a single electron atom, the Bohr theory is wrong. The Bohr theory was a faltering step on the road to quantum mechanics - quantum mechanics correctly predicts zero orbital angular momentum for the ground state of a single electron atom.

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