SF026: PAST YEAR PSPM QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 10: WAVE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES

PSPM II 2005/2006 NO. 13(A),(B)
13. (a) State de Broglie principle.
[2 marks]
(b) An electron is accelerated through a potential difference of 100 . Calculate its de Broglie
wavelength. [Ans: = . ]
[3 marks]
PSPM II 2006/2007 NO. 6
6. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of an electron that is accelerated through a potential
difference of 700 . [Ans: = . ]
[3 marks]
PSPM II 2008/2009 NO. 6
6. The wavelength of a particle Q with momentum is related by the equation

(a) What do and represent with respect to the nature of the particle Q?
(b) What happens to when the particle Q is at rest? [Ans: / undefined]
[3 marks]
PSPM II 2009/2010 NO. 13(C),(D)
13. (c) Why does an electron microscope need high velocity electrons?
[2 marks]
(d) A particle has a de Broglie wavelength . Calculate the new de Broglie wavelength of the
particle in terms of if

(i) the kinetic energy is quadrupled. [Ans: = ]

(ii)

the momentum is quadrupled. [Ans: = ]

[5 marks]

PSPM II 2010/2011 NO. 6

6. Calculate the speed of the electron in an electron microscope if its resolution is 1.0
1011 . [Ans: = . ]
[3 marks]
PSPM II 2011/2012 NO. 7(B),(C)
7. (b) Name one experiment that verifies the wave nature of electron. [Ans: Davisson-Germer
experiment OR electron diffraction experiment]
[1 mark]
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(c) An electron has a de Broglie wavelength = 2.0 10
. Calculate
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(i)
(ii)

the momentum of the electron. [Ans: = . ]

the speed of the electron. [Ans: = . ]
[4 marks]

PSPM II 2012/2013 NO. 7(C)

7. (c) (i) State de Broglie hypothesis.
(ii) In an experiment, electrons are accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 3 .
Determine de Broglie wavelength, the momentum and kinetic energy of the electrons. [Ans:
= . ; = . ; = . ]
[6 marks]
PSPM II 2013/2014 NO. 7(C)
7. (c) State ONE advantage of the electron microscope compared to the optical microscope.
What makes it better?
[3 marks]
PSPM II 2014/2015 NO. 7(D)
7. (d) (i) State the de Broglie relation for momentum of a particle with its associated
wavelength.
(ii) An athlete of mass 65 takes 12 to finish a 100 race in a sport event. Calculate the
de Broglie wavelength of the athlete. [Ans: = . ]
[3 marks]

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