Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 31 - Atomic Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1113: 35

Answer

$0.332nm$

Work Step by Step

We can find the de Broglie wavelength of an electron in the ground state as follows: $\lambda_n=\frac{2\pi r_n}{n}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\lambda_1=\frac{(2\pi r_1)}{1}$ $\lambda_1=2\pi(5.29\times 10^{-11})$ $\lambda=0.332nm$
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