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Q.State the postulates of Bohr's model of hydrogen atom. OR Define binding energy and mass defect of a nucleus. What is the relation between the binding energy and mass defect of a nucleus?

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Bohr proposed three postulates to fix the instability problem of Rutherford's atomic model: quantised stable orbits, quantised angular momentum, and quantum jumps for emission/absorption.

Bohr's postulates for the hydrogen atom:

  1. Stationary orbits: An electron in an atom revolves around the nucleus in certain fixed, allowed circular orbits (stationary states) without radiating energy, even though it is accelerating — contrary to classical electromagnetic theory.

  2. Quantisation of angular momentum: The electron can revolve only in those orbits for which its orbital angular momentum is an integral multiple of h/2π:

L = mvr = nh/2π, n = 1, 2, 3, ... (the principal quantum number)

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