The energies of electrons are said to be quantized. Explain.

1.	The energies of electrons are said to be quantized. Explain.
Answer» Classical mechanics fails when applied to microscopic objects like electrons, atoms and molecules, etc. This is because the classical mechanics ignores the concept of dual nature of matter. The branch of science that takes into account this dual behaviour of matter is called quantum mechanics.The absorption and emission spectra of hydrogen like atom explained by Bohr theory is the experimental evidence in support of the idea that electronic energies in an atom are quantized. The various line obtained in the spectrum of hydrogen (Lyman,. Balmar, Paschan , Brackett and Pfund series) are based on the assumption of electronic energies in an atom are quantized.

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