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kondaur [170]
3 years ago
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What speed must an electron have if its momentum is to be the same as that of an x-ray photon with a wavelength of 0.20 nm?

Physics
1 answer:
Nat2105 [25]3 years ago
8 0
The momentum of a photon is given by the following relationship:
p= \frac{h}{\lambda}
where
h is the Planck constant
\lambda is the photon wavelength

For the photon in our problem, \lambda=0.20 nm = 0.20 \cdot 10^{-9}m, so its momentum is
p= \frac{h}{\lambda}= \frac{6.6 \cdot 10^{-34} Js}{0.20 \cdot 10^{-9} m}=3.3 \cdot 10^{-24} kg m/s

The electron must have the same momentum of this photon, and its momentum is given by (in the non-relativistic approximation)
p=mv
where
m is the electron mass
v is its speed

Re-arranging this formula, we can calculate the electron speed:
v= \frac{p}{m}= \frac{3.3 \cdot 10^{-24} kg m/s}{9.1 \cdot 10^{-31} kg} =3.6 \cdot 10^6 m/s

And this velocity is quite small compared to the speed of light (c=3 \cdot 10^8 m/s), so the non-relativistic approximation that we used for the electron's momentum is valid.
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