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energy are easy to compute. He concluded that the larger the orbit of an electron is the higher its energy level will be. Bohr’s model marked another triumph for atomism. The structure of every physical phenomenon could be understood in terms of the motion of particles. But Bohr’s theory still left unanswered questions. In 1924, Louis de Broglie studied the relationship between frequency and energy. In his study, he pictured an electron as a wave traveling through a narrow canal. If the canal were curved into a circle, it would self-destruct because of interference. De Broglie further explained Bohr’s model by using the idea of wave-like nature. Bohr’s model used point particles, but de Broglie’s theory was that it was both particle and wave, a wave-particle. With this,

de Broglie changed the world’s picture of the atom. Even though the world was skeptical about accepting the ideas of these physicists, the ideas that have developed from these minds have been historic. Without them, the atom’s structure would probably still be a mystery.