PSPM SP025 2022

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PSPM CHAPTER 8: WAVE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLE

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8.1 de Broglie Wavelength

PSPM JUN 1999/2000 SF035/2 No.5(b)

1. Determine the de Broglie wavelength for an electron with a speed of 1.0  107 m s-1.
[3 m]

PSPM 2003/2004 SF027/2 No. 6

2. Calculate de Broglie wavelength of an electron with velocity 1.0  108 m s-1. [3 m]

PSPM 2008/2009 SF027/2 No. 6

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3. The wavelength  of a particle Q with momentum p is related by the equation   .
p
(a) What do  and p represent with respect to the nature of the particle Q? [2 m]
(b) What happens to  when the particle is at rest? [1 m]

PSPM 2010/2011 SF027/2 No. 6

4. Calculate the speed of an electron in an electron microscope if its resolution is

1.0  10-11 m. [3 m]

PSPM 2011/2012 SF026/2 No. 7(c)

5. An electron has a de Broglie wavelength  = 2.0  10-11 m. Calculate the

(a) momentum of the electron. [2 m]

(b) speed of the electron. [2 m]

PSPM 2014/2015 SF026/2 No. 7(d)(ii)

6. An athlete of mass 65 kg takes 12 s to finish a 100 m race in a sport event. Calculate the
de Broglie wavelength of the athlete. [2 m]

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8.2 Electron Diffraction

PSPM JAN 2000/2001 SF035/2 No. 5

7. If an electron and a proton has the same kinetic energy, calculate the ratio of de Broglie
wavelength between proton and electron. [4 m]

PSPM JUN 2000/2002 SF035/2 No. 5(b)

8. By using de Broglie relation, calculate the ratio of kinetic energy of an electron to the
kinetic energy of a proton if both the electron and the proton have the same wavelength.
[3 m]

PSPM 2001/2002 SF027/2 No. 13(a)(ii)

9. An electron beam moves with a speed of 4.85  106 m s-1 through a potential difference
V. If de Broglie wavelength of the electron is 1.5  10-10 m, what is the value of V?
[6 m]

PSPM 2004/2005 SF027/2 No. 6

10. An electron is accelerated in vacuum through a potential difference of 1500 V. If the

potential difference is doubled, calculate the
(a) ratio of the new speed of the electron to its original speed. [2 m]
(b) new wavelength of the electron [2 m]

PSPM 2005/2006 SF027/2 No. 13(b)

11. An electron is accelerated through a potential difference of 100 V. Calculate its de

Broglie wavelength. [3 m]

PSPM 2006/2007 SF027/2 No. 6

12. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of an electron that is accelerated through a

potential difference of 700 V. [3 m]

PSPM 2007/2008 SF027/2 No. 13(a)

13. Why do moving electrons be diffracted by a single crystal? [3 m]

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PSPM 2009/2010 SF027/2 No. 13(c)

14. Why does an electron microscope need high velocity electrons? [2 m]

PSPM 2009/2010 SF027/2 No. 13(d)

15. A particle has a de Broglie wavelength . Calculate the new de Broglie wavelength of
the particle in terms of  if the

(a) kinetic energy is quadrupled. [3 m]

(b) momentum is quadrupled. [2 m]

PSPM 2012/2013 SF026/2 No. 7(c)(ii)

16. In an experiment, electrons are accelerated from rest through a potential difference of
3 MV. Determine de Broglie wavelength, the momentum and kinetic energy of the
electrons. [5 m]

PSPM 2013/2014 SF026/2 No. 7(c)

17. State ONE advantage of the electron microscope compared to the optical microscope.
What makes it better? [3 m]

PSPM 2015/2016 SF026/2 No. 7(b)(i), (ii)

18. In Davisson-Germer experiment, an electron is accelerated from rest through a potential

divider of 2500 V and the diffraction pattern is observed on the tube screen.

(a) Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of electron. [2 m]

(b) Calculate the momentum of electron. [1 m]

PSPM 2016/2017 SF026/2 No. 7(a) Edited

19. The energy of a photon and the kinetic energy of an electron is the same in vacuum, that
is 6.0 eV.

(a) What is the velocity and the wavelength of the photon? [4 m]

(b) Calculate the wavelength associated with the electron. [4 m]

PSPM 2017/2018 SF026/2 No. 7(b)

20. One of the advantages of an electron microscope is that we can see much finer details
than an optical microscope. Explain how this is possible. [2 m]

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FINAL ANSWER CHAPTER 8: WAVE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLE

8.1 de Broglie Wavelength

1.  = 7.28  10-11 m

2.  = 7.28  10-12 m

3. (a)  represents wave nature and p represents particle nature. (b) When v = 0    

4. v = 7.28  107 m s-1

5. (a) p = 3.32  10-23 kg m s-1 (b) v = 3.64  107 m s-1

6.  = 1.22  10-36 m

8.2 Electron Diffraction

7. p : e = 0.023

8. Ke : Kp = 1835

9. V = 67 V

10. (a) vnew : vo = 1.41 (b)  = 2.24  10-11 m

11.  = 1.23  10-10 m

12.  = 4.64  10-11 m

13. Electron has momentum. From de Broglie relation,   h

p
, electron behaves like wave thus it can be
difracted by single crystal.

14. High velocity electrons to obtain shorter wavelength  resolution power becomes greater.

15. (a) new = 12  (b) new = 14 

16.  = 7.09  10-13 m, p = 9.35  10-22 kg m s-1, Kmax = 4.80  10-13 J or Kmax = 3 MeV

17. High resolving power or high magnification.

Electron with high kinetic energy can have very short wavelength much less than wavelength of visible
light. Diffraction effect of electrons as wave is able to distinguish details better than visible light.

18. (a)  = 2.46  10-11 m (b) p = 2.7  10-23 kg m s-1

19. (a) v = c = 3  108 m s-1,  = 2.07  10-7 m (b)  = 5.01  10-10 m

20. The wavelength of the electrons is much shorter than visible light (electron < light). Since the ability to
resolve small objects depends on using a wavelength that is smaller than the object to be examined, an
electron microscope has higher resolution.