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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

Question:

The de Broglie wavelength of an electron moving with a velocity $1.5 × 10^8 m/s$ is equal to that of a photon. The ratio of the kinetic energy of the electro to the energy of the photon is:

Options:

1/4

1/2

2

4

Correct Answer:

1/4

Explanation:

de Broglie wavelength of an electron, $λ_e=\frac{h}{m_ev_e}$

where h is the Plank’s constant, $m_e$ and $v_e$ is the mass and velocity of the electron respectively.

Wavelength of a photon = $λ_{ph}$

As per question

$λ_{ph}=λ_e=\frac{h}{m_ev_e}$  (i)

Kinetic energy of the electron,

$K_e=\frac{1}{2}m_ev_e^2$  (ii)

Energy of the photon,

$E_{ph}=\frac{hc}{λ_{ph}}$   (iii)

Divide (ii) and (iii), we get

$\frac{K_e}{E_{ph}}=\frac{\frac{1}{2}m_ev_e^2}{\frac{hc}{λ_{ph}}}=\frac{1}{2}\frac{m_ev_e^2λ_{ph}}{hc}=\frac{1}{2}\frac{m_ev_e^2h}{hcm_ev_e}$  (Using (i))

$=\frac{1}{2}\frac{v_e}{c}=\frac{1.5 × 10^8 m/s}{2×3×10^8 m/s}=\frac{1}{4}$