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How does one explain, using de Broglie hypothesis, Bohr's second postulate of quantization of orbital angular momentum? 


According to de-Broglie hypothesis, a stationary orbit is the one that contains an integral number of de-Broglie waves associated with the revolving electron.

Total distance covered by electron = Circumference of the orbit =  

For the permissible orbit,

                          ... (1)

Now, according to De-Broglie wavelength,

Now, putting this in equation (1), we have

  =  
 mvn rn =  ; which is the required Bohr’s second postulate of quantization of orbital angular momentum.

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