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Date May 2014 Marks available 1 Reference code 14M.1.HL.TZ1.32
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Question number 32 Adapted from N/A

Question

The de Broglie wavelength of an electron is equal to the wavelength of a photon that has energy E. What is the momentum of the electron?

A. \(\frac{E}{c}\)

B. \(\frac{E}{hc}\)

C. \(\frac{hc}{E}\)

D. \(\frac{{{m_e}{c^2}}}{{hE}}\)

Markscheme

A

Examiners report

A is the only answer with the correct units. So the rest can be discounted.

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 7: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics » 7.1 – Discrete energy and radioactivity
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