Find the deBroglie wavelength of a 1kg bowling ball traveling at 1m/s.
Planck's constant: h = 6.6×10-34J·s
wavelength = h/mv
= 6.6×10-34J·s/(1kg·m/s)
= 6.6×10-34 meters.
Find the deBroglie wavelength of an electron traveling at 1m/s.
electron mass = 9.1×10-31kg
wavelength = h/mv
= 6.6×10-34J·s/(9.1×10-31kg·m/s)
= 0.725×10-34+31m = 0.725×10-3m = 0.725mm
Find the wave velocity w of the deBroglie wave which corresponds to a particle moving with velocity v.
w = wavelength × frequency
so the wave crests move at half the speed of the particle (???).