For the ground state, the electron in the H-atom has an angular momentum \(\dfrac h{2\pi}\), according to the simple Bohr model. Angular momentum is a vector and hence there will be infinitely many orbits with the vector pointing in all possible directions. In actuality, this is not true,
| 1. | because the Bohr model gives incorrect values of angular momentum. |
| 2. | because only one of these would have a minimum energy. |
| 3. | angular momentum must be in the direction of the spin of the electron. |
| 4. | because electrons go around only in horizontal orbits. |
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