Electron Waves in Bohr Atom

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Quantization of orbits is an immediate consequence of treating the electron as a standing wave in the atom, with the principal quantum number

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being the number of complete wavelengths that fit in one orbit. This Demonstration provides three different visualizations and buttons to select the quantum number, or (in "2D" view) a random decimal to show the destructive self-interference of the wave.