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Out of electron and proton, which will have a higher velocity to produce matter waves of the same wavelength? why?!

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Solution

The de-broglie relationship is given by

λ = hmv

where λ is wavelength, m is mass and v is velocity.
We can also write the relation as

v = h

So, velocity is inversely proportional to the mass.
mass of electron = 9.1×10-31kg

mass of proton = 1.6×10-27kg

Mass of proton is more than mass of electron therefore the velocity of electron is more than that of proton.

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