Answer: If a hydrogen atom and a helium atom have the same kinetic energy then the wavelength of the hydrogen atom will be roughly equal to the wavelength of the helium atom.
Explanation:
The relation between energy and wavelength is as follows.
This means that energy is inversely proportional to wavelength.
As it is given that energy of a hydrogen atom and a helium atom is same.
Let us assume that . Hence, relation between their wavelengths will be calculated as follows.
... (1)
... (2)
Equating the equations (1) and (2) as follows.
Thus, we can conclude that if a hydrogen atom and a helium atom have the same kinetic energy then the wavelength of the hydrogen atom will be roughly equal to the wavelength of the helium atom.
