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de Broglie wavelength and uncertainty principle
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A ball of mass
0.10
kg
moves at
10
m
s
−
1
. Taking
h
=
6.626
×
1
0
−
34
J
s
, its de Broglie wavelength is closest to
A
6.6
×
1
0
−
34
m
B
6.6
×
1
0
−
38
m
C
6.6
×
1
0
−
24
m
D
6.6
×
1
0
−
30
m
Answer: A
λ
=
h
/
(
m
v
)
=
6.626
×
1
0
−
34
/
(
0.10
×
10
)
=
6.63
×
1
0
−
34
m
. This is far too small to be detected, so wave nature of macroscopic bodies is not observed.
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