Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 38 - Photons and Matter Waves - Problems - Page 1183: 49a

Answer

$1.914\times 10^{-21}$ $kg.m/s$

Work Step by Step

For sodium ion, the relation between momentum $p$ and energy $E$ is given by $E=\frac{p^2}{2m}$ or, $p=\sqrt {2mE}$ ......................$(1)$ where $m$ is the mass of a sodium ion. If singly charged sodium ions are accelerated through a potential difference $V$, then $E=eV$, where $e$ is the charge of an electron. Thus eq. $1$ becomes $p=\sqrt {2meV}$ $\text{Mass of a sodium ion}(m)=\frac{\text {Molar mass of sodium}}{\text{Avogadro's number}}$ or, $m=\frac{22.9898}{6.022\times 10^{23}}$ $g$ or, $m\approx 3.817\times 10^{-23}$ $g$ or, $m\approx 3.817\times 10^{-26}$ $kg$ Given, $V=300$ $V$ Therefore, the momentum acquired by a sodium ion is given by $p=\sqrt {2meV}$ or, $p=\sqrt {2\times 3.817\times 10^{-26}\times 1.6\times 10^{-19}\times300}$ or, $p\approx 1.914\times 10^{-21}$ $kg.m/s$
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