Question

What is the de Broglie wavelength (in nm) of a proton of traveling at 3.18% of the speed of light?

Answer 1

Answer is: de Broglie wavelength of a proton is 3,4·10⁻⁵ nm.
v(proton) = 0,038 · 3·10⁸ m/s.
v(proton) = 1,14·10⁷ m/s; speed of proton.
m(proton) = 1,67·10⁻²⁷ kg.
h = 6,62607004·10⁻³⁴ m²·kg/s; Planck constant.
λ(proton) = h / m(proton) · v(proton).
λ(proton) = 6,62607004·10⁻³⁴ m²·kg/s ÷ (1,67·10⁻²⁷ kg · 1,14·10⁷ m/s).
λ(proton) = 3,48·10⁻¹⁴ m · 10⁹ nm/m = 3,4·10⁻⁵ nm.