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Mention demerits of Bohr's Atomic model.

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Demerit 1. Bohr's model fails to account for the FINER details of the hydrogen atom's spectrum seen under high-resolution spectroscopy.

Demerit 2. It is unable to explain the spectrum of any atom OTHER than hydrogen (or other one-electron, hydrogen-like species) — multi-electron repulsion breaks the simple picture.

Demerit 3. It cannot explain the splitting of spectral lines observed in a magnetic field (the Zeeman effect) or an electric field (the Stark effect). …

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