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Debroglie wavelength is considered one the most difficult concept.
18 Questions around this concept.
The de-Broglie wavelength of a particle of mass 6.63 g moving with a velocity of 100 ms-1 is:
Calculate the wavelength (in nanometre) associated with a proton moving at 1.0 x 103 ms-1 (Mass of proton = 1.67 × 10-27 kg and h = 6.63 × 10-34 Js)
The de Broglie wavelength of a tennis ball of mass 60g moving with a velocity of 10 metres per second is approximately
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According to the wave-particle duality of matter by de-Broglie, which of the following graph plot presents most appropriate relationship between wavelength of electron $(\lambda)$ and momentum of electron(p) ?
De-broglie wavelength
(1) de-Broglie proposed that just like light, matter should exhibit both particle and wave-like properties. This means that just as the photon has momentum as well as wavelength, electrons should also have momentum as well as wavelength, and he proposed the following mathematical relationship:
where m is the mass of the particle, v its velocity, p its momentum,
KE is the Kinetic Energy of the particle,
V is the voltage across which the Charged particle having charge q is accelerated.
(2) de Broglie’s prediction was confirmed experimentally when it was found that an electron beam undergoes diffraction, a phenomenon characteristic of waves.
(3) It needs to be noted that according to de Broglie, every object in motion has a wave character. This wavelength is quite significant for the subatomic particles which have very small masses. The wavelengths associated with ordinary objects are however so short that their wave properties cannot be detected as they have large masses.
(4) Bohr's model and the de Broglie's relation : Number of standing waves made by an electron in nth Bohr orbit
According to Bohr's model,
According to de Broglie's Relation ,
Combining the two
So, the number of waves made by any electron in the nth orbit is equal to the principal quantum number of the orbit i.e. n.
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