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What amount of energy should be added to an electron to reduce its de Broglie wavelength from 100 to 50 pm?

Mass of the electron is m=9.1×10-31 kg, Planck's constant h=6.626×10-34 J Hz-1.

Important Questions on ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS

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JEE Main
IMPORTANT
A neutron with kinetic energy T=25 eV strikes a stationary deuteron (heavy hydrogen nucleus). Find the de Broglie wavelengths of both the particles in the frame of their centre of inertia.

Mass of the neutron is mn=1.67×10-27 kg, Planck's constant h=6.626×10-34 J Hz-1.

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JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Two identical non-relativistic particles move at right angles to each other, possessing de Broglie wavelengths λ1 and λ2. Find the de Broglie wavelengths of each particle in the frame of their centre of inertia.
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JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Find the de Broglie wavelength of hydrogen molecules, which corresponds to their most probable velocity at room temperature.

Mass of the hydrogen atom is mH=1.67×10-27 kg, Boltzmann constant k=1.38×10-23 JK-1 , Planck's constant h=6.626×10-34 JHz-1.

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JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Find the wavelength of the Kα line in copper (Z=29), if the wavelength of the Kα line in iron (Z=26) is known to be equal to 193 pm.

R is the Rydberg's constant (R=1.097×107 m-1), speed of light c=3×108 m s-1.

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JEE Main
IMPORTANT

Proceeding from Mosley's law, find:

(a) the wavelength of the Kα line in aluminium and cobalt;

(b) the difference in binding energies of K and L electrons in vanadium.

Atomic number for aluminium Z=13, for cobalt Z=27, for vanadium Z=23R is the Rydberg's constant (R=1.097×107 m-1), Planck's constant h=6.626×10-34 J Hz-1, speed of light c=3×108 ms-1.

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JEE Main
IMPORTANT
How many elements are there in a row between those whose wavelengths of Kα lines are equal to 250 and 179 pm?

R is the Rydberg's constant (R=1.097×107 m-1), speed of light c=3×108 ms-1.

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JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Find the voltage applied to an X-ray tube with nickel anticathode, if the wavelength difference between the Kα line and the short-wave cut-off of the continuous X-ray spectrum is equal to 84 pm. 

R is the Rydberg's constant (R=1.097×107 m-1), Planck's constant h=6.626×10-34 J Hz-1, speed of light c=3×108 ms-1, charge of electron e=1.66×10-19 C

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JEE Main
IMPORTANT
At a certain voltage applied to an X-ray tube with aluminium anticathode, the short-wave cut-off wavelength of the continuous X-ray spectrum is equal to 0.50 nm. Will the K series of the characteristic spectrum, whose excitation potential is equal to 1.56 kV, be also observed in this case?

charge on electron is e=1.6×10-19 C, Plank's constant h=6.626×10-34 J Hz-1, speed of light c=3×108 ms-1.