Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 30 - Quantum Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1076: 74

Answer

$6.6\times 10^{-13}J$

Work Step by Step

As given that $\Delta E=1.0\times 10^{-3}eV=1.0\times 10^{-3}\times 1.6\times 10^{-19}J=1.6\times 10^{22}J$ According to Heisenberg's principle $\Delta E.\Delta t\geq\frac{h}{2\pi}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $1.06\times 10^{-22}\times \Delta t\geq\frac{6.63\times 10^{-34}}{2\pi}$ $\implies \Delta E\geq 6.6\times 10^{-13}J$
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