\(\lambda=\frac{h}{\sqrt{2 n V_{ m }}}\)
Since both proton and deuteron have same charge and accelerated through the same potential difference.
\(\therefore \frac{\lambda_{p}}{\lambda_{4}}=\sqrt{\frac{m_{a}}{m_{p}}}=\sqrt{\frac{2 m_{p}}{m p}}=\sqrt{2}\)
Concepts:
Main Concept:
De Broglie Wavelength of A Particle 1. De Broglie first used Einstein's famous equation relating matter and energy:
\(E =\operatorname{me}^{2}\)
with
\(E =\) energy
\(m =\) mass
\(c =\) speed of light
2. Using Planck's theory which states every quantum of a wave has a discrete amount of energy given by Planck's equation:
\(E = hv\)
with
\(E =\) energy
\(h =\) Plank's constant \(\left(6.62607 \times 10^{-34} Js \right)\)
\(v =\) frequency
3. since de Broglie believed particles and wave have the same traits, he hypothesized that the two energies would be equal.
\(mc ^{2}=h v\)
4. Because real particles do not travel at the speed of light, De Broglie submitted velocity ( \(v\) ) for the speed of light (c).
\(m v^{2}=h v\)
5. Through the equation \(\lambda\), de Broglie substituted \(v / \lambda\) for \(v\) and arfived at the final expression that relates wavelength and particle with speed.
\(m v^{2}=\frac{h v}{\lambda}\)
Hence
\(\lambda=\frac{h v}{m v^{2}}=\frac{h}{m v}\)
A majority of Wave particle Duality problems are simple plug and chug via equation 5 with some variation of canceling out units.
De Broglie' Wavelength of An Accelerated Charge
de-Broglie wavelength : According to de-Broglie theory, the wavelength of de-Broglie wave is given by
Where \(h=\) Plank's constant, \(m=\) Mass of the particle, \(v=\) Speed of the particle, \(E=\) Energy of the particle.
The smallest wavelength whose measurement is possible is that of \(\gamma\) -rays.
The wavelength of matter waves associated with the microscopic particles like electron, proton, neutron \(\alpha\) particle etc. is of the order of \(10^{-10} m\). Examples on De Broglie Wave Equation
What is the wavelength of De Broglie wave of electron with kinetic energy E?
Step 1: Manipulate the \(K.E =\frac{1}{2} mv ^{2}\) to get the velocity of the electron. \(v =\sqrt{\frac{2 E }{ m }}\)
Step 2 : Find the momentum of electron using the velocity \(p=m v\)
Step 3 : Fill in the De Broglie Wave Equation the momentum and other constants. \(\lambda=\frac{b}{p}\)
Step 4 : Calculate the wavelength.
The question may contain a different source to extrapolate the velocity rather than kinetic energy, the rest of steps remain the same.
The deBroglie Equation: Example Problems
Example 1: What is the wavelength of an electron (Mass \(=9.11 \times 10^{-32} kg\) ) traveling
1) The first step in the solution is to calculate the kinetic energy of the electron:
\(KE =\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) mv ^{2}\)
\(x=\left(\left(\frac{1 / 1}{2)}\right)(9.11 \times 10)^{-31} kg 5.31 \times 10^{6} m / s ^{2}\right.\)
\(x=1.28433 \times 10^{-17} kg m ^{2} s ^{-2}\) (। kept some guard digits)
When I use this value just below, I will use J (for Joules).
2) Next, we will use the de Broglie equation to calculate the wavelength:
\(\lambda=\frac{ h }{ p }\)
\(\lambda=\frac{ h }{\sqrt{(2 Em )}}\)
Just to be sure about two things:
(1) the unit on Planck's Constant is Joule-seconds, both are in the numerator and
(2) there are three values following the radical in the denominator. All three of them are under the radical sign.
The answer:
\(x=1.37 \times 10^{-10} m\)
Td like to compare this wavelength to ultraviolet light, if I may. Let's use \(A=4000 \times 10^{-4} cm =4 \times 10^{-7} m\)
Our electron's wavelength is almost 3000 times shorter than our ultraviolet example and its wavelength puts it in the X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
This turned out to be very important because one could then take a beam of electrons and perform experiments with detectable results. You canit do that with the short wavelengths of heavier particles (see examples below).
In 1926 , de Broglie predicted that matter had wave like properties. In 1927 , experiments were done that showed electrons behaved as a wave (by showing the property of diffraction and interference patterns). In 1937 , the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Clint Davisson and George Thomson (son of J.J. Thomson) for this work.
Example 2 : What is the wavelength in meters of a proton traveling at \(255,000,000 m / s\) (which is \(85 \%\) of the speed of light)? (Assume the mass of the proton to be \(1.673 \times 10^{-27} kg\) )
1) Calculate the kinetic energy of the proton:
\(KE =\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) mv ^{2}\)
\(x =\left(\frac{1 /}{2}\right)(1.673 \times 10)^{-27} kg 2.55 \times 10^{9} m / s ^{2}\)
\(x=5.43934 \times 10^{-11} J\)
2) Use the de Broglie equation:
\(\lambda=\frac{h}{p}\)
\(\lambda=\frac{ h }{\sqrt{(2 Em )}}\)
\(x=1.55 \times 10^{-15} m\)
This wavelength is comparable to the radius of the nuclei of atoms, which range from \(1 \times 10^{-15} m\) (or 1 to 10 fm).
Example 3 : Calculate the wavelength (in nanometers) of a H atom
(Mass \(=1.674 \times 10^{-27} kg\) ) moving at \(698 cm / s\)
1) Convert \(cm / s\) to \(m / s\)
\(698 cm / s =6.98 m / s\)
2) Calculate the kinetic energy of the proton:
\(KE =\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) mv ^{2}\)
\(x =\left(\frac{1 / 1}{2}\right)(1.674 \times 10)^{-27} kg 6.98 m / s ^{2}\)
\(x=5.84226 \times 10^{-27} J\)
Hence, the correct option is (C)