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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Structure of Atom

If the kinetic energy of a particle is reduced to half, de-Broglie wavelength becomes

  1. A \(2\) times
  2. B \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\) times
  3. C \(4\) times
  4. D \(\sqrt 2\) times
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(D) \(\sqrt 2\) times

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\begin{aligned} & \text { } \lambda \propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathrm{K} . E}} \Rightarrow \frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_2}=\sqrt{\frac{(\mathrm{KE})_2}{(\mathrm{KE})_1}} \\ & \mathrm{KE}_2=\frac{(\mathrm{KE})_1}{2} \\ & \text { Thus, } \frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_2}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}…