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If we treat an electron in a hydrogen atom as a wave and require an integer number of wavelengths...

If we treat an electron in a hydrogen atom as a wave and require an integer number of wavelengths in a circular path around the nucleus, then

  

a. we can show that the electron will eventually merge with the nucleus, making a neutron.

b. we can show that the electron will not be bound.

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According to Bohr's atomic model, standing electron wave is continuous over the circumference of the stationary orbit that the electron lie in, and the circumference is a integral multiple of its wavelength. So both of the above options are not correct.

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