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Which of the following scientists used atomic spectra to develop a model of the atom?

A.John Dalton
B.Niels Bohr
C.Marie Curie
D.Ernst Rutherford

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B. Niels Bohr who won a prize for this in 1922. :)
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The answer is: B. Niels Bohr.

Niels Bohr (1885–1962) proposed a model for the hydrogen atom that explained its atomic emission spectrum.

According to the Bohr model of the atom:

1. Energy levels of electrons are discrete (certain discrete values of energy)., that is why hydrogen shows discrete, bright, colored lines.

2. Electrons orbit the nucleus in orbits that have a set size and energy.

3. Electrons can jump from one energy level to another, absorbing or emitting electromagnetic radiation with a frequency ν (energy difference of the levels).

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