University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 38 - Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles - Problems - Exercises - Page 1275: 38.12

Answer

$8.27\times 10^{-11}m$.

Work Step by Step

The accelerating voltage gives 15 keV of kinetic energy to the electrons, which then produce the x ray photons. $$eV=\frac{hc}{\lambda}$$ $$\lambda =\frac{hc}{ eV}= \frac{(4.136\times10^{-15}eV \cdot s)(3.00\times10^8 m/s)}{(15000eV)}=8.27\times 10^{-11}m$$
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