The equation for the de Broglie wavelength is:
<span>λ = (h/mv) √[1-(v²/c²)], </span>
<span>where h is Plank's Constant, m is the rest mass, v is velocity, and c is the velocity of light in vacuum. However, if c>>v (and it is, in this case) then the expression under the radical sign approaches 1, and the equation simplifies to: </span>
<span>λ = h/mv. </span>
<span>Substituting, (remember to convert the mass to kg, since 1 J = 1 kg·m²/s²): </span>
<span>λ = (6.63x10^-34 J·s) / (0.0459 kg) (72.0 m/s) = 2.00x10^-34 m.</span>
That's a molecule of the substance. You can break the molecule down further, into the atoms that make it up, but those don't have the properties of the original 'compound'.
Here's an example:
-- Sodium is a soft, slippery metal, that explodes when water touches it.
-- Chlorine is a poisonous green gas.
When an atom of Sodium and an atom of Chlorine combine, they make one molecule of a substance called "Sodium Chloride". That's SALT ! It isn't green, it isn't a gas, it isn't poisonous, it isn't soft and slippery, and it doesn't explode when water touches it.
If you heat that air by 100 degrees F, it weighs about 7 grams less. Therefore, each cubic foot of air contained in a hot air balloon can lift about 7 grams. That's not much, and this is why hot air balloons are so huge -- to lift 1,000 pounds, you need about 65,000 cubic feet of hot air.
The spider is traveling in a circle with radius = 15cm
The circumference of any circle = <em>2 pi (radius)</em>
The circumference of the spider's path = 2 pi (15 cm) = 30 pi cm
The spider completes a trip around this path 78 times per minute.
Its speed, relative to you, is
(78) x (30 pi) cm/min =
2,340 pi cm/min = 7,351.33 cm/min =
<em> 73.5133 meter/min =</em>
<em>4.411 km/hr =</em>
<em>2.74 miles/hour
</em>(After the last appearance of pi,
all numbers are rounded.)<em>
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