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Offline er4444

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What is the minimum de Broglie Wavelength?
« on: January 31, 2021, 11:58:20 AM »
A minimum energy of 7.21e-19J is required to produce the photoelectric effect in chromium metal.

b. Light with a wavelength of 2.50e-7m falls on a piece of chromium metal in an evacuated glass tube. What is the minimum de Broglie wavelength of the emitted electron?

So we never learned anything about de Broglie. When I look up what it means the answers are really abstract and I don't understand what I'm supposed to even do for this.

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Re: What is the minimum de Broglie Wavelength?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2021, 03:20:12 PM »
What is the energy of a photon with wavelength 2.5 x 10-7m?

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