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Two particles have the same de Broglie wavelength and one is moving four times as fast as the other. If the slower particle is an α-particle, what are the possibilities for the other particle?

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Two particles have the same de Broglie wavelength and one is moving four times as fast as the other. If the slower particle is an α-particle, what are the possibilities for the other particle?

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Solution

Data: 

λ1 = λ2,

v1 = 4v2

λ = `h/p = h/(mv)`

∴ `lambda_1 = h/(m_1v_1)`, 

`lambda_2 = h/(m_2v_2)`

As λ1 = λ2,

m1v1 = m2v2

∴ `m_1 = (m_2 v_2)/v_1 = m_2 (1/4) = m_2/4`

As particle 2 is the ex-particle, particle 1 (having the mass `1/4` times that of the a-particle) may be a proton or neutron.

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Chapter 14: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter - Exercises [Page 323]

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Chapter 14 Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
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