Understanding Bohr's Model: Atomic Spectra

While our ol' pal Niels lacked evidence to support his atom's unchangeable energy levels, the atomic spectra was there to support Bohr's atom as a whole. Atomic spectra, relating to Rydberg's photons, is created when electrons shift energy levels. The model showed that same color photons are the only ones that will bump the electrons up to higher levels. For example, electrons would absorb energy, venture on up to a higher energy level, run out of their energy, head on back down to their original energy level, and re-emit that energy back into the atom. Like Rydberg's model stated, the electrons would emit light.

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