Why was the Bohr model of the atom not useful for atoms other than hydrogen?

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  • Bohr's model is too simple for atoms beyond hydrogen. In multi-electron atoms like helium, it fails because it ignores a couple of aspects. First is the electron-to-electron repulsion, and second is the shielding effect, where inner electrons reduce the nuclear pull on outer ones. Due to both, orbitals with the same principal quantum number don't have the same energy. Bohr's model of atom assumes that it should have the same energy.

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