Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Atoms

Question:

Assertion (A): Electrons in the atom are held due to coulomb forces. 

Reason(R):  The atom is stable only because the centripetal force due to Coulomb's law is balanced by the centrifugal force.

 

Options:

Both A and R are correct and R is a correct explanation of A

Both A and R are correct and R is NOT a correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

Both A and R are false

Correct Answer:

A is true but R is false

Explanation:

According to postulates of Bohr's atom model, the electron revolve round the nucleus in fixed orbit of definite radii. As long as the electron is in a certain orbits it does not radiate any energy.