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Quantum Mechanics• Because electron orbits; it accelerates; it should radiate photons• But energy is quantized so only certain orbitals/energies allowed(just like stairs, piano keys, bookshelf)• Electron can be in lowest energy (=ground state) can raised to higherenergy (=excited state)

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