The "fatal flaw" in Rutherford's model of the atom, which was corrected by Bohr's model, was the idea that, if the electrons were:

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A: orbiting the nucleus, changing direction and thus giving off energy, the electrons would lose all energy and collapse into the nucleus

B: moving so rapidly, they would spiral away from the nucleus and be lost

C: not moving they could not maintain their distance from the nucleus

D: located too far from the nucleus they would not be attracted

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Hayley Mays

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6 August, 05:21

The "fatal flaw" in Rutherford's model of the atom, which was corrected by Bohr's model, was the idea that, if the electrons were:

Answers:

A: orbiting the nucleus, changing direction and thus giving off energy, the electrons would lose all energy and collapse into the nucleus

B: moving so rapidly, they would spiral away from the nucleus and be lost

C: not moving they could not maintain their distance from the nucleus

D: located too far from the nucleus they would not be attracted

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Regan · Answer 1

The answer is

A. orbiting the nucleus, changing direction and thus giving off energy, the electrons would lose all energy and collapse into the nucleus.

Bohr stated that electron can be only on certain distances from nucleus. Electrons can be only on allowed orbits.