University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 38 - Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles - Problems - Exercises - Page 1275: 38.13

Answer

$3.10\times 10^{-10}m$.

Work Step by Step

The accelerating voltage gives 4.00 keV of kinetic energy to the protons, which then produce the x ray photons. $$eV=\frac{hc}{\lambda}$$ $$\lambda =\frac{hc}{ eV}= \frac{(4.136\times10^{-15}eV \cdot s)(3.00\times10^8 m/s)}{(4000eV)}=3.10\times 10^{-10}m$$ If electrons were used instead, the answer would be the same. X-ray tubes use electrons rather than protons because electrons are easier to extract from atoms than are protons.
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