Question

According to de Broglie, what is the relation between the wavelength of the wave associated with the moving electron and the momentum of the electron?

Answer 1

1. In atoms, electrons orbit the nucleus in circular orbits. The electrons are in the shape of disc clouds. A revolving disc can be used to mimic the electron in the ground state with the lowest energy in the hydrogen atom.
2. The angular momentum of the hydrogen atom is quantized and proportional to the number of orbits 'n' and the Planck constant, according to the postulate of the Bohr model for the hydrogen atom.
3. The relationship between the wavelength of the wave associated with the moving electron and the momentum of the electron, according to de Broglie, is $\lambda =\frac{h}{mv}=\frac{h}{p}$; where $p$ is the momentum and $h$ is Planck's constant.