12th Class Physics Photo Electric Effect, X- Rays & Matter Waves Question Bank Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter Conceptual Problems

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    An electron and photon have same wavelength. Which one of the two has more energy?

    Answer:

                    Momentum, \[p=\frac{h}{\lambda }\] As both electron and photon have same wavelength, so they have equal momentum. Relativistic energy of a particle, \[E=\sqrt{m_{0}^{2}{{c}^{4}}+{{p}^{2}}{{c}^{2}}}\] But for a photon, \[{{m}_{0}}=0\] and for an electron, \[{{m}_{0}}>0\]. Hence the electron has more energy than the photon.


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