Difference: Neil Bohr vs Schrodinger Model of Atom

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The discussion highlights the key differences between the Bohr model and the Schrödinger model of the atom. The Bohr model, which is primarily applicable to the hydrogen atom, depicts electrons in fixed orbits around the nucleus, while the Schrödinger model describes electrons as existing in static orbitals that do not oscillate over time. The orbital quantum number, particularly the azimuthal quantum number, is not accounted for in Bohr's model but is integral to the Schrödinger model. Additionally, the Bohr model is characterized as flat, contrasting with the three-dimensional nature of the Schrödinger model.

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What is the difference between Neil Bohrs Model of the atom & Schrodiners model of the atom?

I know that in Schrodiners model, the atoms rotate around the nucleus in an oscillating motion & use the 4 types quantum numbers.
Am I right in saying that the orbital quantum number ie Azimuthal, does not count for the Bohr model? & that the Azimuthal is the oscillating motion of the electron in Schrodiners model?
 
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The electronic orbitals in Schrodingers model do not oscillate, they are static with time.

You are correct in saying that the orbital quantum number is not predicted in Bohr's model, though you are incorrect in saying that it is the oscillating motion of the electron in Schrödinger's model, as I have stated previously, the orbitals are static with time.

The difference between Bohr's model and Schrödinger's model are numerous. I can't possibly list them all here. I'm pretty sure this has been discussed on another thread.

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Claude Bile said:
The electronic orbitals in Schrodingers model do not oscillate, they are static with time.
It looks like that in the time-independent Schrödinger-equation.

One difference: the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom is flat like a pancake.
 

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