The wave property of electrons implies that they will show diffraction effects. Davisson and Germer demonstrated this by diffracting electrons from crystals. The law governing the diffraction from a crystal is obtained by requiring that electron waves reflected from the planes of atoms in a crystal interfere constructively (see figure).
Electrons accelerated by potential $V$ are diffracted from a crystal. If $d = 1\; \text{\AA}$, and $i = 30^{\circ}$, $V$ should be about ....... $V$.
$(h = 6.6 \times 10^{-34}\; J-s, m = 9.1 \times 10^{-31}\; kg, e = 1.6 \times 10^{-19}\; C)$

  • A
    $500$
  • B
    $50$
  • C
    $1000$
  • D
    $2000$

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