11.32 (a) Obtain the de Broglie wavelength of a neutron of kinetic energy 150 eV. As you have seen in Exercise 11.31, an electron beam of this energy is suitable for crystal diffraction experiments. Would a neutron beam of the same energy be equally suitable? Explain. ( = 1.675 * 10^–27 kg)

(b) Obtain the de Broglie wavelength associated with thermal neutrons at room temperature (27 °C). Hence explain why a fast neutron beam needs to be thermalised with the environment before it can be used for neutron diffraction experiments

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11.32 Kinetic energy of neutron, $E_{k n}$ == 150 eV = 150 $* 1.6 * 10^{- 19}$ J = 2.4 $* 10^{- 27}$ J

Mass of a neutron, $m_{n}$ = 1.675 $* 10^{- 27}$ kg

Planck's constant, h = 6.626 $* 10^{- 34}$ Js

Kinetic energy of a neutron is given by the relation:

= $E_{k n} = \frac{1}{2} m_{n} v_{n}^{2}$ ………..(1)

Where, $v_{n}$ is the velocity of neutron

The de Broglie wavelength is given by

$λ = \frac{h}{p}$ , where p = momentum = $m_{n} v_{n}$

$λ = \frac{h}{m_{n} v_{n}}$

$v_{n}$ = $\frac{h}{m_{n} λ}$

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