Why does Bohr's model only work for hydrogen?
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The Bohr model works only for hydrogenbecause it considers only the interactions between one electron and the nucleus. TheBohr model is based on the energy levels of one electron orbiting a nucleus at various energy levels. Any other electrons in theatom will repel the one electron and change its energy level.
Answer: Because hydrogen and hydrogen-like atoms only have one electron and thus do not experience electron correlation effects.
Explanation: Because in Bohr’s model for hydrogen atom we consider only Coulombic interactions between one proton and one electron.
It cannot be extended for other atomic species containing more than one electron. Because in this case in addition to the interaction between nucleus and electron there arises the interactions between electron and electron of the same species. Bohr couldn't solve this problem and this problems are successfully explained on the basis of later developed quantum mechanics.