Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 30 - Quantum Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1076: 67

Answer

(a) electron (b) $1836$

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that mass of the electron is given as $m_e=\frac{h^2}{2E_e\lambda_e^2}$ Similarly, the mass of the proton is given as $m_p=\frac{h^2}{2E_p\lambda_p^2}$ As $m_p\gt m_e$ therefore $\frac{h^2}{2E_p\lambda_p^2}\gt \frac{h^2}{2E_e\lambda_e^2}$ $\implies \frac{1}{E_p}\gt \frac{1}{E_e}$ $\implies E_p\gt E_e$ Thus, for the same de Broglie wavelength of the electron and proton, the electron has greater kinetic energy than the proton. (b) We know that $\frac{E_e}{E_p}=\frac{m_p}{m_e}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{E_e}{E_p}=\frac{1.673\times 10^{-27}Kg}{9.11\times 10^{-31}Kg}$ $\frac{E_e}{E_p}=1836$
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