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COMEDK · Physics · 27. Dual Nature of Matter

If an electron and a proton have the same de-Broglie wavelength, then the kinetic energy of the electron is

  1. A Zero
  2. B less than that of a proton
  3. C more than that of a proton
  4. D equal to that of a proton
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(C) more than that of a proton

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Given, \(\quad \lambda_{e}=\lambda_{p}\) Since, de-Broglie wavelength, \[ \begin{aligned} \lambda &=\frac{h}{m v}=\frac{h}{p}=\frac{h}{\sqrt{2 m K}} \\ \Rightarrow \quad \lambda &=\frac{h}{\sqrt{2 m K}} \end{aligned} \] where, \(K\) is kinetic energy.…
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