de-Broglie wavelength of a proton and an electron is same. The ratio of kinetic energy of electron to that of proton is
Correct Answer :
1835
Solution :
The de-Broglie wavelength () of a particle is related to its momentum () by the relation:
where is Planck's constant.
The momentum of a particle can be written in terms of its mass () and kinetic energy () as:
Substituting this into the de-Broglie wavelength formula gives:
Let be the de-Broglie wavelength of the electron and be the de-Broglie wavelength of the proton. According to the question, their wavelengths are equal:
This implies:
where and are the mass and kinetic energy of the electron, and and are the mass and kinetic energy of the proton.
Squaring both sides and simplifying, we get:
Rearranging the terms to find the ratio of the kinetic energy of the electron to that of the proton:
The mass of a proton () is approximately 1835 times the mass of an electron ():
Therefore, the ratio of the kinetic energy of the electron to that of the proton is:
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