11.36 Compute the typical de Broglie wavelength of an electron in a metal at 27 °C and compare it with the mean separation between two electrons in a metal which is given to be about 2 * 10–10 m.
[Note: Exercises 11.35 and 11.36 reveal that while the wave-packets associated with gaseous molecules under ordinary conditions are non-overlapping, the electron wave-packets in a metal strongly overlap with one another. This suggests that whereas molecules in an ordinary gas can be distinguished apart, electrons in a metal cannot be distinguished apart from one another. This indistinguishibility has many fundamental implications which you will explore in more advanced Physics courses.]
11.36 Compute the typical de Broglie wavelength of an electron in a metal at 27 °C and compare it with the mean separation between two electrons in a metal which is given to be about 2 * 10–10 m.
[Note: Exercises 11.35 and 11.36 reveal that while the wave-packets associated with gaseous molecules under ordinary conditions are non-overlapping, the electron wave-packets in a metal strongly overlap with one another. This suggests that whereas molecules in an ordinary gas can be distinguished apart, electrons in a metal cannot be distinguished apart from one another. This indistinguishibility has many fundamental implications which you will explore in more advanced Physics courses.]
11.36 Temperature, T = 27 = 300 K
Mean separation between two electrons, r = 2 m
De Broglie wavelength of an electron is given as:
, where
Planck's constant, h = 6.626 Js
m = mass of an electron = 9.11 kg
k = Boltzmann constant = 1.38 J
= 6.23 m
Hence, the De Broglie wavelength i
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Based on theory
z² × (13.6) (1 - ¼) = 3 × (13.6)
z = 2 . (i)
h/√2mk? = (1/2.3) × h/√2mk?
=> k? = (2.3)²k? = 5.25k? (ii)
Now, k? = E? - Φ
k? = E? - Φ = z²E? - Φ
∴ k? /k? = (10.2 - Φ)/ (4 × 10.2 - Φ) = 1/5.25
=> Φ = 3eV
- (i)
- (ii)
from (i) & (ii)
ev
hu = hu0 + K.E
Cases u = 2u0
h2u0 = hu0 + K.E1
K.E1 = hu0
- (1)
Now, cases 2
h 5u0 = hu0 + k.E2
k.E2 = 4hu0
v2 =
v2 = 2v1
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