Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that it is impossible to determine simultaneously the exact position and exact momentum of an electron.
It may not be possible to measure/determine position and velocity of an electron simultaneously, but practically an electron can have definite position and velocity then why it is stated as Bohr's model failure / drawback.
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When we talk about chemistry, we have two aspects to every situation or hypothesis. There are situations that we know which are theoretically possible but not practically applicable. We have that kind of situation here. Even though it is practically possible for an electron to have a fixed position in space and fixed velocity but we are unable to calculate and depict that in mathematical form. This is due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Theoretically, we are aware that an electron will have fixed place and velocity but practically we have no technique to determine that. This is what happened with Neil Bohr. When he tried to determine the position of electron, uncertainty occured in velocity and when he calculated the velocity properly, uncertainty occured in position. This is the reason why it is accounted as the drawback of the Bohr's Model of Atom.
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When we talk about chemistry, we have two aspects to every situation or hypothesis. There are situations that we know which are theoretically possible but not practically applicable. We have that kind of situation here. Even though it is practically possible for an electron to have a fixed position in space and fixed velocity but we are unable to calculate and depict that in mathematical form. This is due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Theoretically, we are aware that an electron will have fixed place and velocity but practically we have no technique to determine that. This is what happened with Neil Bohr. When he tried to determine the position of electron, uncertainty occured in velocity and when he calculated the velocity properly, uncertainty occured in position. This is the reason why it is accounted as the drawback of the Bohr's Model of Atom.
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