(a) (i) Name the Scientist who proposed this model of atom.
(ii) Write the three postulates of this model.
(iii) How many maximum electrons can be accommodated in M orbit ?
(b) What are canal rays ? Give the characteristics of canal rays.
(a) (i) It is Neils Bohr’s Model of atom.
(ii) Postulates of Bohr’s Model:
- Positively charged nucleus is present in’ the centre of the atom.
- Electrons revolve around the nucleus in fixed circular paths called shells or orbits which are named as K, L, M, N,… or 1,2, 3,4.
- Shells are also called as energy levels as each shell is associated with a fixed amount of energy.
- Electrons do not loose or gain energy while revolving in a specific shell.
(iii) M shell can have 18 electrons.
(b) Canal rays are the positively charged radiations which consist of positively charged particles.
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The invisible positively charged radiations coming from anode are called canal rays. E. Goldstein discovered canal rays.
Characteristics of canal rays:
(i) They carry positively charged particles.
(ii) They travel in a straight line.
(iii) They have charge equal in magnitude but opposite in sign to that of electron.