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प्रश्न
What are matter waves?
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उत्तर
Matter waves, or de-Broglie waves, are the waves associated with moving particles. The matter wave is also called a de-Broglie wave. The matter wave describes the relationship between momentum and wavelength.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the
(a) momentum,
(b) speed, and
(c) de Broglie wavelength of an electron with kinetic energy of 120 eV.
What is the de Broglie wavelength of a nitrogen molecule in air at 300 K? Assume that the molecule is moving with the root-mean square speed of molecules at this temperature. (Atomic mass of nitrogen = 14.0076 u)
Obtain the de Broglie wavelength associated with thermal neutrons at room temperature (27°C). Hence explain why a fast neutron beam needs to be thermalised with the environment before it can be used for neutron diffraction experiments.
Why photoelectric effect cannot be explained on the basis of wave nature of light? Give reasons.
A proton, a neutron, an electron and an α-particle have same energy. Then their de Broglie wavelengths compare as ______.
The de Broglie wavelength of a photon is twice the de Broglie wavelength of an electron. The speed of the electron is `v_e = c/100`. Then ______.
- `E_e/E_p = 10^-4`
- `E_e/E_p = 10^-2`
- `p_e/(m_ec) = 10^-2`
- `p_e/(m_ec) = 10^-4`
The De-Broglie wavelength of electron in the third Bohr orbit of hydrogen is ______ × 10-11 m (given radius of first Bohr orbit is 5.3 × 10-11 m):
A particle of mass 4M at rest disintegrates into two particles of mass M and 3M respectively having non zero velocities. The ratio of de-Broglie wavelength of particle of mass M to that of mass 3M will be:
Which of the following graphs correctly represents the variation of a particle momentum with its associated de-Broglie wavelength?
How will the de-Broglie wavelength associated with an electron be affected when the accelerating potential is increased? Justify your answer.
